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[edit] Noun

Singular
hum

Plural
hums

hum (plural hums)

  1. A tune created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinct sound resembling that produced by humming.

[edit] Translations

tune created orally with lips closed


indistinct sound resembling that produced by humming
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to hum

Third person singular
hums

Simple past
hummed

Past participle
hummed

Present participle
humming

to hum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)

  1. To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
  2. (UK) To smell bad.
  3. (UK) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.

[edit] Translations

to make sound with lips closed
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