humming

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   present participle and gerund of hum

2. 2

   Making a hum sound.

3. 3

   Of ale or beer

   Of ale or beer: very strong.

   • But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale.
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   1. 4

      Very bad-smelling.

   2. 5

      The sound of something that hums

      The sound of something that hums; a hum.

      • There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings[…]

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