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Humming

Humming Meaning & Definition
Humming Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Humming?

[n] the act of singing with closed lips
[n] a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Humming: hum

Related Terms | Find terms related to Humming: bel canto | birring | bombilation | bombinating | bombination | booming | bravura | burring | busy | buzzing | choral singing | coloratura | croon | crooning | droning | folk singing | fussy | hopping | hum | hustling | intonation | lively | low rumbling | lyricism | operatic singing | popping | purring | scat | scat singing | singing | sol-fa | sol-fa exercise | solfeggio | solmization | song | thrumming | tonic sol-fa | vocal music | vocalization | warbling | whirring | whizzing | yodel | yodeling

See Also | noise | singing | vocalizing

Humming In Webster's Dictionary

\Hum"ming\, a. Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.
\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["o]l.), any bird of the family {Trochilid[ae]}, 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["o]l.), a hawk moth. See {Hawk moth}, under {Hawk}, the bird.

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