humming
VerbAdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈhʌmɪŋ//
Making a hum sound.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von humpresent participle and gerund of hum
Herkunft
From hum + -ing.
Adjektiv
- 1
Making a hum sound.
- 2
altertümlichOf 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.
- 3
SlangVery bad-smelling.
Substantiv
- 1
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[…]
Herkunft
From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
Formen
- Plural
- hummings
- Komparativ
- more humming
- Superlativ
- most humming