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How to pronounce “hum”

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Pronunciation guide for hum

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of hum with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: My year of saying yes to everythingand what makes it all so good is the hum.
Definition summary: A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.

Example 1 of 8

My year of saying yes to everything

and what makes it all so good is the hum.

[Noun]
A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
(UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
(with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
(transitive) To express by humming.
(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly.
(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
(British, slang) To reek, smell bad.
(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
[Interjection]
Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.