hum vs sugar

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 

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. 

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

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

sugar

verb
  • To make (something unpleasant) seem less so. 

  • To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar. 

  • In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off. 

  • To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths. 

  • To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice. 

  • To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar. 

  • To compliment (a person). 

noun
  • Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality. 

  • A term of endearment. 

  • Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. 

  • A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink. 

  • Diabetes. 

  • Heroin. 

  • A specific variety of sugar. 

  • Affection shown by kisses or kissing. 

  • Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. 

  • Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. 

  • Syntactic sugar. 

intj
  • Used in place of shit! 

How often have the words hum and sugar occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )