humming
noun
- base frequency
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English hum English -ing English humming From hum + -ing.
- Making a hum sound.
- 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.”
- Very bad-smelling.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
- 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[…]”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English hum English -ing English humming From hum + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of hum