umm

English

Interjection

umm

  1. Implying hesitation.
    - How does a plane fly?
    - Umm, I don't know.

Synonyms

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make the umm sound to express confusion or hesitancy.

Anagrams

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أُمّ‎ (ʔumm).

Noun

umm (plural ummát)

  1. mother

Livonian

Alternative forms
  • (Courland) u'mmi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oma.

Adjective

umm

  1. own
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