humming

1. To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.

   We are humming happily along with the music.

2. To express by humming.

   The team ominously hummed “We shall overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.

3. To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
4. To buzz, be busily active like a beehive

   The streets were humming with activity.

5. To produce low sounds which blend continuously
6. To reek, smell bad.

   This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?

7. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.

noun

The sound of something that hums; a hum.