Definitions for: Humming


[n] the act of singing with closed lips
[n] a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic"



Webster (1913) Definition: Hum"ming, a.
Emitting a murmuring sound; droning; murmuring; buzzing.


Hum"ming, n.
A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
hum.

Hummingale, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.

Humming bird (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the family
Trochilid[ae], of which over one hundred genera are
known, including about four hundred species. They are
found only in America and are most abundant in the
tropics. They are mostly of very small size, and are not
for their very brilliant colors and peculiar habit of
hovering about flowers while vibrating their wings very
rapidly with a humming noise. They feed both upon the
nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The common
humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United States
is Trochilus culubris. Several other species are found
in the Western United States. See Calliope, and
Ruby-throat.

Humming-bird moth (Zo["o]l.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth,
under Hawk, the bird.

Synonyms: hum

See Also: noise, singing, vocalizing

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