hmpf

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hm̩f/

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Interjection

hmpf

1. Alternative form of humph.
   • 2021 July 7, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Me”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Then he looks at a framed photo from The Daily Pennsylvanian, with the headline “Professor Thayer Retires.” He looks into a mirror, stunned by the face he sees there. And then he says, “Hmpf.” […] Like many older people, I too often say “Hmpf” when I look in the mirror.

Verb

hmpf (third-person singular simple present hmpfs, present participle hmpfing, simple past and past participle hmpfed)

1. Alternative form of humph.