Synonyms for um
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhm, uhn, uh m, uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌm, ʌ̃, əm, ə̃ |
Top 10 synonyms for um Other synonyms for the word um
Définition of um
Origin :- a sound denoting hesitation, 1670s.
- As in interjection : noun emphatic exclamation
- 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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