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humming

humming

6 1.0
To make a tune with closed lips without words
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌmɪŋ/
: tararear
  • She walked through the garden, humming a cheerful tune under her breath.

So things like humming is is insanely effective.

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Examples

  • An ice back, a hot shower, a hot bath, singing, gurgling, humming, chanting because it stimulates your vocal cords.

  • And so whether that's drawing, painting, singing, chanting, humming, dancing.

  • So you want to get that humming sound more kind of nasally and then throw the beat on top of that.

  • So close the windows, turn off the TV, turn off any possible distracting noise or humming in the background to make sure that your audio actually is clear.

  • The child sat on the porch, humming softly while playing with his toys.

  • As he worked on his project, he found himself humming a catchy melody from his favorite song.

Synonyms

singing
vshumming
332 1.0

To make music with your voice

is produced with closed lips without articulating words
whistling
vshumming
1 1.0

Making musical sounds by blowing air through the lips in a tune

is made with closed lips and lacks articulated words

Compounds

A shrub with bright red flowers shaped like tubes that attract hummingbirds

A spinning toy that makes a soft buzzing sound when it moves

How Musical

singing
1 4.1
to warble
11 7.8
humming
6 1.0
murmuring
3 3.4

Surface Forms

humming singular
hummings plural

Morphology

humming = hum (transparent) = hum + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'hum' denoting the act of producing a tune with closed lips.

Etymology

Humming comes from the sound hum, the quiet noise people make when they sing with closed lips. That's why humming also means 'making a tune without words', the soft, wordless singing you do to yourself.