humming

UK /ˈhʌmɪŋ/ US /ˈhʌmɪŋ/

adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

Making a hum sound.

Of ale or beer: very strong.

But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale.

Very bad-smelling.

noun

The sound of something that hums; a hum.

There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings[…]

Collocations

ADJ.

favorite, old, old

VERB + HUMMING

flew, heard, started, stop, went

HUMMING + NOUN

activity, ale, herself, himself, jackson's, meadows, melody, michael

PREP.

in, in, on, through, with

ADV.

away

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a humming noise

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale.

Wiktionary

There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings[…]

Wiktionary

Kyoko went away, humming a song.

Tatoeba · #19144

The town was humming with activity.

Tatoeba · #277878

She sat on a bench, humming an old melody in a low voice.

Tatoeba · #313513

I heard him humming in the shower.

Tatoeba · #1557002

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, humming is marked as archaic, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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