erexclamation
uk/ɜːr/us/ɝː/the sound that people often make when they pause in the middle of what they are saying or pause before they speak, often because they are deciding what to say:
"What time shall we meet this evening?" "Er, eight-ish?"
"Is he handsome?" "Er, well - he's got a nice friendly sort of face, though he's not exactly handsome."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: sounds used as interjections
- achoo
- bam
- blah
- boohoo
- cor
- duh
- eww
- hah
- oops
- ow
- phooey
- shush
- tsk
- tut
- uh
- uh-oh
- uh-uh
- whoops
- yada yada yada
- zzz
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