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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hum \Hum\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hummed}; p. pr & vb n. {Humming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf G. hummen, D. hommelen [root]15.] 1. To make a low prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as a top hums. --P. Fletcher. Still humming on their drowsy course they keep --Pope. 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back And hums. --Shak. 3. [Cf. {Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. Here the spectators hummed. --Trial of the Regicides. Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as my head hums, -- a pathological condition.
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