umexclamation
uk/əm/us/əm/used in writing to represent the sound that people make when they are pausing or deciding what to say next:
"What do you think of this jacket?" "Um, I don't know if I like the colour."
"So what did you talk about?" "Um, I don't remember."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: sounds used as interjections
- aah
- achoo
- bam
- blah
- cor
- duh
- er
- hah
- huh
- humph
- oops
- ow
- phooey
- shush
- tsk
- tut
- uh
- uh-uh
- whoops
- yada yada yada
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