humming
verboaggettivosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi
- //ˈhʌmɪŋ//
Making a hum sound.
verbo
- 1
Anche una forma di humpresent participle and gerund of hum
Etimologia
From hum + -ing.
aggettivo
- 1
Making a hum sound.
- 2
arcaicoOf 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
gergoVery bad-smelling.
sostantivo
- 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[…]
Etimologia
From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
Forme
- plurale
- hummings
- comparativo
- more humming
- superlativo
- most humming