hum
Εννοια (English)
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- 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.
- (slang) Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
- 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.
Synonyms
sound of voices
faint sound
move fast
sing to oneself
compose impromptu
singing in a low voice
singing softly
groaning in distress
speak softly
sound indistinctly
pullulate with
buz
karst tower
make a sound
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈhʌm/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
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