hrrmph

English

Interjection

hrrmph

1. Alternative spelling of hrmph
   • 1891 January, Rudyard Kipling, chapter XV, in The Light that Failed, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published March 1891, →OCLC, page 327:

     ‘Hrrmph!’ said the machine-gun through all its five noses as the subaltern drew the lever home.

   • 2009, Aaron Chynn, Memoirs of an Ordinary Man: A Yorkshireman's Tale, page 49:

     I mustered up courage to shake the box, but not to enter the office. “bring it in” said Robin with a hrrmph!

   • 2011, Lee Stringer, Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life; A Memoir, page 151:

     She lets out what starts as a sigh but finishes off as a hrrmph.

   • 2012, Kim Thompson, Eldritch Manor, page 55:

     She rolled through the house, pushed by Baz or wheeling herself, with nothing but a scowl and a hrrmph for Willa, who had no idea what she'd done to incur the old lady's wrath.