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Yes. The word hum is a Scrabble US word. The word hum is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word hum is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

H4U1M3

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3-letter words (1 found)

HUM,

2-letter words (4 found)

HM,MU,UH,UM,

You can make 5 words from hum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hum

hum uhm hmu mhu umh muh

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Definitions and meaning of hum

hum

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Noun

hum (plural hums)

  1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
  3. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
  4. (UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
  5. (dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
  6. (obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
  7. (with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

The Hum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

hum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
  2. (transitive) To express by humming.
  3. (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
  4. (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
  5. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
  6. (UK, slang) To reek, smell bad.
  7. (transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

Synonyms

  • bumble
  • bustle
  • hustle
  • buzz
  • croon
  • whir

Derived terms

Related terms

  • humblebee

Translations

Interjection

hum

  1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
  2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.

Derived terms

  • ho hum

See also

Anagrams

  • HMU, MUH, muh, uhm

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: M

Predicate

hum

  1. An identity for a "nom-int-txt" code: a wilde wish.
    hum ɔkɔ - a life cycle

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”).

Noun

hum m (plural humi, definite huma)

  1. rough sea

Bahnar

Alternative forms

  • hŭm

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *huːm ~ hoːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *huum ~ *ʔum. Cognate with Sedang huam, Cua tahoːp, Pacoh houm, Puoc ʔuːm, Nyah Kur hóom. Probably also related to the forms with initial *s-, such as Khasi sum and Hu θúm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːm/

Verb

hum 

  1. to bathe

Dutch

Etymology 1

jocular abbreviation of humeur (cfr.)

Noun

hum n (plural hummen, diminutive hummetje n)

  1. (good) mood

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia

Alternative forms

  • h'm

Interjection

hum!

  1. uttering to attract attention, without literal meaning

French

Etymology

Expressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔm/

Interjection

hum

  1. (onomatopeia, colloquial) um..., hm

Further reading

  • “hum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Jakaltek

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *huuʼng.

Noun

hum

  1. paper

References

  • Church, Clarence, Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎[2] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 45; 23

Middle English

Pronoun

hum

  1. Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Ngamo

Noun

hùm

  1. water

References

  • Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Ngamo hùm [Schuh], […]

Phalura

Etymology

From Pashto [script needed] (hum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hum/

Particle

hum (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling ہُم)

  1. also, as well as

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Numeral

hum m (feminine huma)

  1. Archaic spelling of um.

Usage notes

In Brazil, this spelling is still seen in finance-related slips such as lottery tickets, cheques and receipts, in order to prevent fraud.

Article

hum m (plural huns, feminine huma, feminine plural humas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of um

Interjection

hum

  1. hmm

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xûːm/

Noun

hȗm m (Cyrillic spelling ху̑м)

  1. hillock
  2. barrow, tumulus (mound of earth raised over a grave)
Declension
Synonyms
  • glàvica, brežúljak

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

hum f (Cyrillic spelling хум)

  1. (obsolete) arrogance
    Synonym: ȍholōst

References

  • “hum” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Source: wiktionary.org