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

the internet domain name for

1. US Minor Outlying Islands

Example Sentences

“He was paid, um, to kill them — to have revenge on them. Some of the underground people told him to do it.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Um, not sure about traveling right now,” Lue said.

From Los Angeles Times

If Musk uses that perch to wage his personal campaign against the NLRB, that could make things, um, complicated for Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, the pro-union Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

From Los Angeles Times

"Now I just want to work this way, quietly, intimately, deeply, and with all of my heart. It’s going to be awkward next time I have to say, 'Here’s your salad ma’am' using all of myself. I feel bad when the next director has to say, 'Um, Tim, it’s just a salad, put it down and disappear.'"

From Salon

“Most Americans have little understanding of … how the refugee community came to be formed in the U.S.,” said Khatharya Um, a professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times

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