humming
verboadjetivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- //ˈhʌmɪŋ//
Making a hum sound.
verbo
- 1
Também uma forma de humpresent participle and gerund of hum
Etimologia
From hum + -ing.
adjetivo
- 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
calãoVery bad-smelling.
substantivo
- 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.
Formas
- plural
- hummings
- comparativo
- more humming
- superlativo
- most humming