Dictionary entry

Hem and haw

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

hum /hʌm/ v ( -mm- ) ၁။ ~ (sth) (to sb) ႏႈတ္ခမ္းပိတ္လ်က္ ေတးညည္းသည္။ She was humming (away) (to herself). ❍ I don't know the words of the song but I can hum it (to you). ၂။ (ပ်ား) တဝီဝီျမည္သည္။ ၃။ ( infml ) လႈပ္လႈပ္ရြရြ ျဖစ္သည္။ The whole place was humming (with excitement) when we arrived. n (usu sing ) တဝီဝီျမည္သံ။ တြတ္ထိုးသံ။ the hum of bees/of distant traffic/of machines ❍ the soft hum of conversation in the next room. interj (စကားစ ရွာမရ၍ ဆုတ္ဆိုင္းဆိုင္းျဖစ္ေနေသာအခါတြင္ သံုးသည့္ စကား)။ အဲ။ ဟင္။ ‘Let's have a look at you. Hum, not bad, considering your age. ’ ❏ hum and ha/haw [ IDM ] ( Brit) ; ( US ) hem and haw ( infml ) ေတာင္စဥ္ေရမရ ေျပာသည္။ We hummed and hawed for ages before deciding to buy the house.

Examples

  1. Jerry hummed softly to himself.
  2. If you don’t know the words
  3. just hum the tune.
  4. The fridge hummed in the kitchen.
  5. The whole stadium was humming with excitement.