hum

IPA: hˈʌm

A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
(with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
A town in the central part of Istria, northwest Croatia, 7 km from Roč.
(bridge) Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.

(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
(transitive) To express by humming.
(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(Britain, slang) To reek, smell bad.
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

Examples of "hum" in Sentences

My guess is you can hear the hum from a mile away.
April didnt told us what they TALKED .. * hum hum** wink*: P
-- There, d'ye hire, _Het Came_! she dwon't drean -- _hum, hum, hum_.
Now sing the word hum on one note and hold the m sound as you continue to exhale.
Today, a hum is all about tiger woods as well as his rumored event with Rachel Uchitel.
He is never what we call hum-drum; never unwilling to begin to talk, nor in haste to leave off. '
He points out the parallel between the three formulae: _Om vagîśvari mum: Om maṇipadme hum: Om vajrapâṇi hum_.