vum

English

Etymology

Alteration of vow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vʌm/

Verb

vum (third-person singular simple present vums, present participle vumming, simple past and past participle vummed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vow, swear.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:

     I vum it's Sunday--you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere--come along then; DO come; WON'T ye come?

Interjection

vum

1. (US) An exclamation of surprise.

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Luxembourgish

Contraction

vum

1. Contraction of vun dem.