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What is the verb for hummers?

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hum
  1. (intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
  2. (transitive) To express by humming.
  3. (intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
  4. (intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
  5. (intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
  6. (Britain) To reek, smell bad.
  7. (Britain) To deceive, or impose on one by some story or device.
  8. (transitive, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “The computers hum softly, their murmur subdued beneath the hubbub created by students as they chat.”
      “Mother would commonly hum or sing while she got ready, and sometimes I would sing along or just listen.”
      “Windsor and the surrounding towns hum with great places to eat, drink, and be as merry as a monarch.”
humming
hums
hummed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hum
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He was humming the song aloud and loudly, louder in fact than any man would have hummed it had he expected to bump into another human being.”
      “The organist often crackled or whined the Gregorian-chant hymns and the celebrant often hummed, mumbled, or whispered the Latin prayers.”
      “Rue fumed silently as he hummed contentedly and she watched him closely, studying his movements and actions.”
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