um

Or umm

[uhm, uhn, uhm, uhn]

interjection

1. (used as an expression of doubt, hesitation, deliberation, interest, etc.)

um

¹

/ ʌm, əm /

interjection

1. a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech

um

²

abbreviation

1. US Minor Outlying Islands

Example Sentences

“How comfortable am I getting? Um, real comfortable, to where I am starting to know their plays and where the screens are and in general, Lakers terms and Lakers basketball,” he said.

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And Mr. Reeves’s, um, sparing approach to expressing emotion befits the play.

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And like many Democrats, he suffers from “Working Families” syndrome, using the phrase as a disfluent utterance in the way that others might say “um,” “like,” and “you know.”

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Let’s just say that the muted celebrations of fascism’s defeat were premature, and those apparent big wins for democracy were a lot messier and more tenuous than they looked in those halcyon days of, um, four or five months ago.

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Now more than ev — um, recently, “South Park” is a can’t-miss show.

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