What does humming mean?
Humming means present participle and gerund of hum.
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/ˈhʌmɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hum.
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.
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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Humming means present participle and gerund of hum.
Common synonyms include bombination, buzz, buzzing, drone.
Possible antonyms include snapping.
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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