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Synonyms for um


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhm, uhn, uh m, uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ʌm, ʌ̃, əm, ə̃

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Définition of um

Origin :
  • a sound denoting hesitation, 1670s.
  • As in interjection : noun emphatic exclamation
Example sentences :
  • Them ribbons don't keep her f'um rockin'; she's all through!
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • "Um," grunted the depot master, knocking the ashes from his cigar.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • So fair a lady is meant for another kind of, um, never mind!
  • Extract from : « The Valor of Cappen Varra » by Poul William Anderson
  • "Um," said the other man, as the tail-lights of the train grew small.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Um—a—oh—this new man we hear of—Monsieur Kashkine, of Moscow.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • Encephalon -um: the brain, or that part of the head containing it.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Tentacular -um: retractile processes on the larvae of Lepidoptera.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Amazed at this, I asked what it meant, but the only explanation I could get was, “He like um oyster.”
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Tatsu would have defied him, outright, but Um's words remained with him.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • I dare not keep him in the house with Um, nor with old Mata, neither, for she might poison him.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
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