hmm
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See hum.
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hmm
- Indicating thinking or pondering.
- Hmm... that's an interesting idea.
- Hmm... I just can't decide between the two.
- Hmm... creation or evolution? That’s the big question.
- May 12 1991, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, season 2, episode 5:
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hmm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
- A demand for an answer to a question.
- Just where were you until 2 a.m.? Hmm?
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indicating thinking or pondering
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hmm (third-person singular simple present hmms, present participle hmming, simple past and past participle hmmed)
- (intransitive) To make a thoughtful humming noise.
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Finnish edit
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Commonly found in many languages. Probably imitative.
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hmm
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- “hmm”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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hmm
- expressing skepticism
- Paul viendra mardi. - Hmm.. j’en suis pas si sûr.
- Paul will come on Tuesday. - Hmm.. I'm not so sure.
Further reading edit
- “hmm”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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hmm
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hmm
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- hmm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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hmm
- Alternative form of hm