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🐝 To hum 🔊 A low sound
to hoom

to hoom

1 9.9
To make a low steady humming sound
  • verb
  • /huːm/
  • Archaic
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Synonyms

to hum
vsto hoom
69 1.0

Sing a tune with closed lips and no words

is a dialectal term for a general continuous nonmelodic sound
to drone
vsto hoom
1 5.8

To make a long low steady sound

is an archaic or dialectal word used for such continuous sounds
to sough
vsto hoom
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A soft, low sighing sound made by wind or water

is a dialectal word for a louder continuous buzzing or steady sound

How Loud

to roar
98 1.0
to drone
1 5.8
to hoom
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to hum
49 1.0
to buzz
42 1.1

Surface Forms

hoom infinitive
hoomed past
hoomed past participle
hooming present participle
hooms third person singular

Etymology

Hoom as a verb means to make that low 'oom' noise, similar to the verb hum. So when something 'hooms', it is producing a steady, droning sound.