hummableadj.
/ˈhʌməb(ə)l/ That may be hummed; apt for humming.
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catchy1804
catching1822
hummable1941
whistleable1962
hooky1977
1941 Time 10 Nov. 54 Cole Porter's score, though never haunting, is often hummable.
1966 New Statesman 8 Apr. 512/2 Georges Delerue's music is a hummable element.
1970 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 14/5 The soloist starts off with a most poetical and, what's more, hummable eleven note row.
1972 Guardian 11 Jan. 8/6 The hummable simplicity of Rome's melodies.
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