humming

[hum]

The act of singing with closed lips

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Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

Noun
the act of singing with closed lips

Noun
a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hum

a.
Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

n.
A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.

Humming

Hum"ming , a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

Humming

Hum"ming, n. A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird (Zo'94l.), any bird of the family Trochilid'91, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States is Trochilus culubris. Several other species are found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and Ruby-throat. -- Humming-bird moth (Zo'94l.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth, under Hawk, the bird.

Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.

A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum.

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Usage Examples

I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesn't eradicate the reality of the suffering. It's all true at once, kind of humming and sublime.

My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.