hum

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

hum

buzz

drone

murmur

whirr

purr

roar

whir

sound

humming

moan

sing

hiss

zoom

rumble

howl

croon

sound of voices

talk

groan

growl

warble

whizz

coo

whistle

boom

chant

buzzing

sough

whiz

whisper

thrum

seethe

busyness

mutter

commotion

disturbance

hubbub

uproar

mumble

bubble

burble

gurgle

stammer

move fast

speed up

muse

compose impromptu

sing to oneself

singing in a low voice

singing softly

groaning in distress

meditation

sound indistinctly

echo

reverberate

thunder

make a sound

humbug

hoax

scrounge

cry

caw

low

mourn

karst tower

mogote

faint sound

grunt

bombination

bustle

purl

infest

pullulate with

teem

bombilation

whirring

zizz

bombinate

churr

speak softly

whimper

vibrate

snore

snort

fetor

mell

niff

pong

rankness

reek

smelliness

stench

stink

swoosh

buz

mumbler

mumbling

mumblings

murmuration

murmuring

mussitation

muttering

mutters

shut

intone

ring

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhʌm/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.