Hmm vs. Hum
Hmminterjection
Indicating thinking or pondering.
Hmminterjection
A demand for an answer to a question.
Hmmverb
(intransitive) To make a thoughtful humming noise.
Hmminterjection
used to express reflection, uncertainty, or hesitation
Humnoun
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
Humnoun
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Humnoun
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
Humnoun
unpleasant odour.
Humnoun
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Humnoun
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
Humnoun
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.
Humverb
(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
Humverb
(transitive) To express by humming.
Humverb
(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
Humverb
(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
Humverb
(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
Humverb
To reek, smell bad.
Humverb
To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
Huminterjection
: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
Huminterjection
: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
Humverb
To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums.
Humverb
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.
Humverb
To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem.
Humverb
To express satisfaction by a humming noise.
Humverb
To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, - a pathological condition.
Humverb
To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune.
Humverb
To express satisfaction with by humming.
Humverb
To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
Humnoun
A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
Humnoun
Any inarticulate and buzzing sound
Humnoun
A buzz or murmur, as of approbation.
Humnoun
An imposition or hoax.
Humnoun
An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc.
Humnoun
A kind of strong drink formerly used.
Huminterjection
Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.
Humnoun
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;
Humnoun
an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
Humnoun
a humming noise;
Humverb
sing with closed lips;
Humverb
be noisy with activity;
Humverb
sound with a monotonous hum
Humverb
make a low continuous sound;
