Plural of hum

Forms of hum

Hums in a sentence

• This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
• I rub my finger around the rim of the goblet until it hums its menacing tone.2012 August 7, F. J. Lennon, Devil's Gate: A Kane Pryce Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry ectometer
• A last bee, still stockpiling pollen, hums hotly against this Octobral creep of cold.2008, George Elliott Clarke, Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliott Clarke, page 48. From the entry Octobral
• The smaller a town the more richly it hums with gossip.1980, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 2, in Waiting for the Barbarians, Penguin, published 1982, page 32. From the entry gossip
• The grandmothers' words, their pauses to spit, their meanderings as the narrative developed, their hums and ululatings, frightened me.2003, Pascal Khoo Thwe, From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey, page 17. From the entry ululating

Meaning of hum

1. noun A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2. noun An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
3. noun Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.

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Questions about the plural of hum

What is the plural of hum?

The plural of hum is hums.

Is hum countable?

Hum is a countable noun.