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What does hum mean?

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Noun
  1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
  3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
  4. (Britain, slang) unpleasant odour.
  5. (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
  6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
  7. A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
  2. (transitive) To express by humming.
  3. (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
  4. (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
  5. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
  6. (Britain) To reek, smell bad.
  7. (Britain) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
  8. (transitive, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Interjection
  1. hmm; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
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