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(v): sing with closed lips

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(v): produce tones with the voice

(v): be noisy with activity

(v): have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

(v): sound with a monotonous hum

(v): make a certain noise or sound

(v): make a low continuous sound

(v): emit a noise

(n): the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

(n): the state of being active

(n): an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

(n): a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals

(n): a humming noise

(n): sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

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about 1 month ago she said:

Also a term for pleasantly strong liquor; a mixture of ale or beer, and spirits.

2 months ago yarb said:

Citation on bagpipes.

about 1 year ago brtom said:

"Empty of everything, in a hum of sempiternal readiness for that soul-wilting, muse-recoiling Jawohl, Herr Kommandant! to shoot up one’s spinal column as quick as a blastula ..." from John Latta's Isola di Rifiuti

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