blow up vs hum

blow up

verb
  • To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation. 

  • To blow something upward. 

  • To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race. 

  • To blow the whistle. 

  • To suddenly get very angry. 

  • To fail disastrously. 

  • To explode or be destroyed by explosion. 

  • To become popular very quickly. 

  • To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time. 

  • To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, etc., often exasperating the recipient. 

  • Receiving a large number of calls or notifications to the point of making the device effectively unusable. 

  • To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion. 

  • To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump. 

  • To enlarge or zoom in. 

hum

verb
  • To reek, smell bad. 

  • To produce low sounds which blend continuously 

  • To express by humming. 

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

  • To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly 

  • To buzz, be busily active like a beehive 

intj
  • Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c. 

  • Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c. 

noun
  • Unpleasant odour. 

  • A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people. 

  • Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive. 

  • A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed. 

  • An often indistinct sound resembling human humming. 

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