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Word entry · 3 letters

hum

Best crossword clue

"Drone sound"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈhʌm/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hmuStarts with HEnds with M3 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2U3M

Definitions

  1. sing with closed lips

Word origin

From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.

Used in a sentence

  • They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
  • the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
  • you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Drone sound3 letters
02Sing without words3 letters
03Low steady sound3 letters

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