Definition of "hummin" [hummin]

• Totally stinking. (adjective)

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• ""Sure then she'll have to make up her mind," said Jerry, "to live on air, which is too light food intirely for any wan excep 'hummin'-birds and potes.""
• ""I know more 'n that; I know where to find yellow lady's-slippers' n 'the yewberries' n 'hummin'-bird nests.""
• "I saw the sage, an 'runnin' hosses -- an 'thet's the beautfulest sight to me -- an' I saw dim things in the dark, an 'there was a kind of hummin' in my ears."