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• hm
  hm

  hectometer; hectometers.
• h'm
  h'm

  interjection

  (used typically to express thoughtful absorption, hesitation, doubt, or perplexity.)
• HM
  HM

  abbreviation

  Hispanic male.
• H.M.
  H.M.

  abbreviation

  Her Majesty.

hm

¹ American  

1. hectometer; hectometers.

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h'm ² American  

[hmm] / hmm /

Or hmm

interjection

1. (used typically to express thoughtful absorption, hesitation, doubt, or perplexity.)

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HM ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Hispanic male.

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H.M. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Her Majesty.

2. His Majesty.

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HM ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. His ( or Her) Majesty

2. heavy metal (sense 1)

3. headmaster; headmistress

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hm ² British  

symbol

1. hectometre

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hm ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Heard and McDonald Islands

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h'm ⁴ British  

/ hmmm /

interjection

1. used to indicate hesitation, doubt, assent, pleasure, etc

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Example Sentences

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hm h'm HM H.M.

“Some self-reflection of, hm, I may be guilty of some of these things toward her as well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

That Williams got a decent amount more than that may speak to both his leverage and Seattle’s desire to want to keep hm.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

And the IRS said because he had now an advocate, the agency could no longer speak with hm directly.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2023

He had lost people close to hm in the tragic Cal Poly football team plane crash.

From Fox News ● Dec. 28, 2021

Then at last he said: “Ha, hm, I was expecting you, Master Wormtongue.”

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Everyone jumped, so did I. He shook his head with a subdued "h'm."

From My Reminiscences by Hesh, Sasi Kumar

"Not precisely to run, but----" "To stow away, on those ships, h'm?"

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

Sinkport— Sinkport—here we are—George St. Leonards Goodwyn-Sandys, fourth baron—H'm, h'm, here it is—only brother, Frederic Augustus Hythe Goodwyn-Sandys, b.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"Ah, ha! ah, ha! um h'm; ah, ha! what think ye o' that now, my lads? is it worth looking at?"

From Elsie's children by Finley, Martha

"H'm, h'm," she murmured, as she looked over the titles.

From Jewel's Story Book by Burnham, Clara Louise

Since the King became monarch in 2022 and William the Prince of Wales, the combined tax bill of father and son paid to HM Revenue and Customs has been more than £50m.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

HM Prison and Probation Service found four of those officers accessed files legitimately, but three did not have a legitimate reason to do so.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

He worked in HM Customs and Excise before being called up to serve his country in World War Two.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

The 34-year-old was arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, at about 17:00 on Thursday.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

Draw PQ and HM parallel to AC, and let them meet DCE in M and N respectively.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various

Phil, though with three lofty new titles to his name: Oscar L. Tang and H.M.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Henry Molaison — known for decades only as H.M. — became one of the most famous patients in neuroscience after losing his ability to form memories entirely in 1953.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

On September 1, 1953, H.M. underwent brain surgery, removing his hippocampus to cure his epilepsy.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

“The royal family’s thoughts are currently with H.M. Queen Anne-Marie and the entire Greek family,” the Danish palace said.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

That spreads before me as for mind, imagination, special, "professional" labour, a thin, starved, lonely, defeated, beaten, prospect: in comparison with which your own circumgyrations have been as the adventures of Marco Polo or H.M.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry