Word info

umm

Speech parts

1. umm - Verb

2. umm - Interjection

Meaning

umm

Alternative form of um
- How does a plane fly?
- Umm, I don't know.

umm (third-person singular simple present umms, present participle umming, simple past and past participle ummed)

Alternative form of um (“to make the umm sound to express confusion or hesitancy”).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I've always been a geek and slightly awkward... slightly umm... I was never the cool kid at school. David Tennant

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel. Ami Ayalon

As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for the audience to relate to them. Brian Helgeland

Roger: Umm...last two cds... Bouncing Souls Gold Album and I bought System of a Down Steal This Album... Roger Manganelli

Who's that? That's the King. Who's he? The Duke. Who's she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me? Umm...how about the Peasant? And the name stuck. Jordan Sonnenblick

An investigation by a London-based research center shows MK Ayman Odeh was shot with a sponge-tipped bullet during clashes in Umm al-Hiran in 2017. Source: Internet

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