English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From hum +‎ -ing.

Verb edit

humming

  1. present participle and gerund of hum

Adjective edit

humming (comparative more humming, superlative most humming)

  1. Making a hum sound.
  2. (archaic) Of ale or beer: very strong.
    • 1889, John Bickerdyke, The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History, page 13:
      But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum +‎ -ing.

Noun edit

humming (plural hummings)

  1. The sound of something that hums; a hum.
    • 1969 December 8, New York Magazine, volume 2, number 49, page 70:
      There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings []