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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

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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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