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

I’ll never forget the time one of those dinners segued to the Koreatown karaoke bar Brass Monkey, where later on, the owner felt the need to introduce a certain performance: “Um, this is a first for us, ladies and gentlemen — someone singing something they actually wrote. Allee Willis and ‘Boogie Wonderland!’”

From Los Angeles Times

“Um, I’m afraid not,” he said, with a tone that suggested he wasn’t entirely sure if I was serious.

From Slate

Um Yaser Abdel Hamid Daher, who also lives at the hospital, told the BBC “we've seen so many people burning that we started feeling like we might burn like them”.

From BBC

"Um, the thought of fittings makes me go like this," she says, rolling her eyes in mock exasperation.

From BBC

And the director comes up to me and says ‘Um, could you just keep it really still?’

From Los Angeles Times

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