Hoom

Today, Mr. Humm pronounced 'Hoom,' like 'boom', the chef of the much-acclaimed New York restaurant Eleven Madison Park, remains a serious athlete.

Chef's Challenge: Squeezing In the Cycling Jen Murphy 2011

Harriet peered out of the window and was quite prepared to agree with Friso when he said that Hoom hadn't changed very much in the last three hundred years.

Politics 101 2010

Hoom — poof — ha! — not know your parents, youngster? —

Redgauntlet 2008

‘Hrum, Hoom,’ murmured the voice, a deep voice like a very deep woodwind instrument.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

Dairlint, '' Moggie Moorphy's Hoom 'and everything he could think of.

Tales of the Road

Nine miles from Leyden a branch canal connects the Vliet with the Hague, and immediately beyond their junction a sharp turn is made to the left, as the canal passes beneath the Hoom-bridge; from this point, for the remaining five miles, the high road from the Hague to Delft, lined with noble trees, runs side by side with the canal.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876

I have seen it pronounced like Hum like the word shut in English, and I have seen it pronounced as Hoom.

Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

I went to the heart of the matter and asked, ungrammatically, "Why would Hoom want to kill Hoo?"

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983

There were old rumors of tension between the Hoo and Hoom clans, of jealousy leading to Tong wars and disappearances, even of attempted assassinations.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983

No wonder Wanda thought Hoom was trying to kill Hoo.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 2 1983