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humming

/ˈhʌmɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The sound of something that hums; a hum.

Plural hummings

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Here is the mill with the humming of thunder,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 8 · C1
Humming fly and daisy tree
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1
Sherlock Holmes was not very communicative during the long drive and lay back in the cab humming the tunes which he had heard in the afternoon.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · B2
And the loud-humming, twisted shells?
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 25 · C1

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