Humming

Word HUMMING
Character 7
Hyphenation hum ming
Pronunciations /ˈhʌmɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Humming"

What do we mean by humming?

To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.

To express by humming.

To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly

To buzz, be busily active like a beehive

To produce low sounds which blend continuously

To reek, smell bad.

To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Humming

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The word "humming" in example sentences

Speech pathologist Dr. Morton Cooper tells us humming is the best way to find your optimal pitch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There's a buzzword humming on Capitol Hill and it is coming up in discussions from economic development and microfinance, to U.S. safety and security, to population growth and global health. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did you immediately begin humming the tune from this Weebls animation? ❋ Unknown (2006)

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), a utility protocol that nearly every network engineer relies upon to keep their gear humming, is dangerous as hell. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I've always liked the idea of humming and beatboxing your whole track into the computer, then gradually replacing all the ideas with instruments, though I never got round to actually doing it. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The tireless Ung Lik Dy pressed on, his shining sword humming as it cut through the air. ❋ Salvatore, R. A., 1959- (2003)

On came the red-haired monster, his face contorted with rage, his sword humming as it again began its death-promising sidelong cuts through the empty air. ❋ Salvatore, R. A., 1959- (1993)

"Miss Kendall will not disturb the class, I am sure, if she realizes that her humming is a source of annoyance," she said, her own really musical voice fluting in melodious minor cadences. ❋ Pemberton Ginther (N/A)

Everyone who slept had gone to sleep with one word humming in his brain -- war -- and war at home, that was the terrible thought which robbed so many millions of eyes of sleep. ❋ George Chetwynd Griffith (1881)

If there are any birds, it is the strange and heavy penguin, the passing albatross, or the Mother Cary's chicken, which has been called the humming bird of ocean, and here finds a place for its young. ❋ Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1867)

The heat of summer, and the pursuit of insects, call the humming-birds into the northern parts of the United ❋ Unknown (1851)

The heat of summer, and the pursuit of insects, call the humming-birds into the northern parts of the United States, and into Canada as far as the parallels of Paris and Berlin: in the same manner a greater facility for fishing draws the web-footed and long-legged birds from the north to the south, from the Orinoco towards the Amazon. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

The humming was the sound of fuel cavitating in the high pressure pump.

The Macbook Wheel simplifies the organizations of files as well as a providing new battery feature technology called the humming bird. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Using motifs such as humming birds, birds of paradise, butterflies and majestic waterfalls, it is certainly among the most colorful — and playful — of watch collections around. ❋ Jemima Sissons (2010)

She meant it as a recognition that she was "still there" during a pause, or as a kind of humming, "Yes," affirmative response. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But up in the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent. ❋ Unknown (2003)

At the corner of the street, from a lower storey, rose a kind of humming with strident modulations. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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