hum : Idioms & Phrases

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ho-hum

  • adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    tedious; slow; boring; wearisome; deadening; tiresome; dull; irksome.
    • a boring evening with uninteresting people
    • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
    • a dull play
    • his competent but dull performance
    • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
    • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
    • tedious days on the train
    • the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
    • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
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hum-vee

  • noun a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
    Humvee.
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humming bird's trumpet

  • noun shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers
    Epilobium canum canum; Zauschneria californica; California fuchsia.
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humming top

  • noun a top that makes a humming noise as it spins
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Magic humming bird

  • (Zoöl.), a Mexican humming bird (Iache magica) , having white downy thing tufts.
Webster 1913

Venous hum

  • (Med.), a humming sound, or bruit, heard during auscultation of the veins of the neck in anæmia.
Webster 1913