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hums

/hʌmz/

hums is the plural of hum.

hums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hum.

Meaning of hum

Noun

hum (plural hums)

  1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
    • They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen and found the dishwasher on.
  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.
    • you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse withc. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please...

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Noun capitalized: HUMs

HUMs

  1. (plural) plural of HUM

Proper noun capitalized: Hums

Hums

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria.

Origin of hums

From North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), variant of Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”).

Phrases with hums

Words that rhyme with hums

Questions about hums

What is hums the plural of?
Hums is the plural of hum.
What part of speech is hums?
Hums can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hums?
Hums is pronounced /hʌmz/.

Words near hums in the dictionary

  1. humpty-dumpty
  2. Humpty-Dumptyish
  3. Humpty-Dumptyism
  4. humpy
  5. HumpyCase
  6. hums
  7. hums along
  8. Humshaugh
  9. HUMSS
  10. humstrum
  11. humstrums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hums (page history and authors); HUMs (page history and authors); Hums (page history and authors); hum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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