fum
/fʌm/
fum verb: to play upon a fiddle.
Verb
fum (third-person singular simple present fums, present participle fumming, simple past and past participle fummed)
Noun
fum (plural fums)
- The fenghuang, a mythological Chinese bird.
- The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time
Forms of fum
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | fums |
| present participle | fumming |
| past participle | fummed |
| past | fummed |
| Noun | |
| plural | fums |
| alternative form | feng |
| alternative form | fung |
| alternative form | fung-hwang |
Origin of fum
Borrowed from Chinese 鳳 /凤.
Words that rhyme with fum
Questions about fum
- What does fum mean?
- Fum means to play upon a fiddle.
- What part of speech is fum?
- Fum can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fum?
- Fum is pronounced /fʌm/.
- What is the past tense of fum?
- The past tense of fum is fummed.
Words near fum in the dictionary
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