How do you pronounce humming?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhʌmɪŋ/.

Where does humming come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

humming

/ˈhʌmɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: hum-ming
IPA: /ˈhʌmɪŋ/

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Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hum

adj

Making a hum sound.

adj

Of ale or beer: very strong.

Archaic

adj

Very bad-smelling.

British usage; Slang

noun

The sound of something that hums; a hum.

Example Sentences

"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[…]"

Etymology

From hum + -ing.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hummynge
Suffix: hum

Usage

Archaic
British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

more humming (comparative) most humming (superlative) hummings (plural)

Derived Forms

hummingbird

Phrases

humming October humming stone humming-top humming top

Synonyms

bombination buzz buzzing drone droning hum humming thrum thrumming whirr whirring whizz

Antonyms

snapping

Rhymes With

coming becoming forthcoming plumbing drumming cumming summing numbing succumbing unbecoming strumming dumbing