umm

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English[edit]

Interjection[edit]

umm

  1. Implying hesitation.
    - How does a plane fly?
    - Umm, I don't know.

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Verb[edit]

umm (third-person singular simple present umms, present participle umming, simple past and past participle ummed)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make the umm sound to express confusion or hesitancy.

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *oma.

Adjective[edit]

umm

  1. own
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