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hummy

hummy adjective: producing or resembling a humming sound.

Adjective

hummy (comparative more hummy, superlative most hummy)

  1. (informal) Producing or resembling a humming sound.
    • She went to the back of the machine and put on a switch and Joey heard a hummy sound begin.2016, Evelyn Piper, The Nanny

Forms of hummy

comparativemore hummy
superlativemost hummy

Origin of hummy

From hum + -y.

Questions about hummy

What does hummy mean?
Hummy means producing or resembling a humming sound.
What part of speech is hummy?
Hummy is an adjective.

Words near hummy in the dictionary

  1. hummum
  2. hummums
  3. hummuna
  4. hummus
  5. hummuses
  6. hummy
  7. humod
  8. humogen
  9. humongoid
  10. humongosity
  11. humongous

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