hum

Meaning

Noun

1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
4. (slang) Unpleasant odour.
5. An imposition or hoax; humbug.
6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
7. 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.

Verb

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

Intj

1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.

Synonyms

buzz

drone

murmur

whirr

purr

roar

humming

sound

🔉

whir

sing

moan

hiss

croon

rumble

howl

zoom

coo

talk

🗣️

warble

whistle

whizz

buzzing

chant

sound of voices

groan

growl

boom

💥

seethe

whiz

whisper

thrum

mumble

hubbub

sough

uproar

busyness

commotion

disturbance

mutter

stammer

stench

stink

teem

thunder

🌩️

vibrate

whimper

whirring

bombilation

bombinate

bombination

faint sound

move fast

mussitation

niff

swoosh

zizz

sing to oneself

compose impromptu

singing in a low voice

singing softly

groaning in distress

mogote

murmuration

speak softly

sound indistinctly

pullulate with

buz

karst tower

bubble

burble

bustle

caw

churr

cry

😢

echo

fetor

grunt

gurgle

hoax

humbug

infest

intone

low

make a sound

meditation

mell

mourn

mumbler

mumbling

mumblings

murmuring

muse

muttering

mutters

pong

purl

rankness

reek

reverberate

ring

💍

scrounge

shut

smelliness

snore

snort

speed up

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌm/

Etymology

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.