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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hmm.

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Examples

  • I was standing behind the counter after serving the last dish, trying a bite of it and listening to the "hmms" running around the room and couldn't resist saying, "You know, I get to eat like this all the time."

    Chicken Parmigiano 2008

  • I was standing behind the counter after serving the last dish, trying a bite of it and listening to the "hmms" running around the room and couldn't resist saying, "You know, I get to eat like this all the time."

    Paisano: Jerked Shrimp 2008

  • We worked in silence, punctuating the air with hmms and her questions of “Are you accepting new patients?”

    20 milligrams. « 2008

  • I don't need to hear the flat “ah-has” and “hmms” of the listener to know she's not interested.

    The Listening Place 2010

  • At some point Obama will face some tough questions, and his performance in dealing with those questions has been abysmal--the er's and hmms predominate.

    CNN's horrific Obamamania. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Bored people stop participating in a conversation, moving from “And what happened next?” to “Mmm-hmms” and eventually nods.

    Overcoming Your Nerd-Dom: Part 1 In A Possibly-Continuing Series 2006

  • Serious what on earth .. let people who never seen WoW play the game and give comment about it ... hmms right that's the way you do it .. super curious about those

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

  • After a few hmms and mmms someone finally said "Fish" followed by a quick "Shark."

    Qwaider Planet 2010

  • Serious what on earth .. let people who never seen WoW play the game and give comment about it ... hmms right that's the way you do it .. super curious about those

    GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010

  • Marek hmms, Mattoni Negroni tastes like Gasparovic's feet.

    Fedora People 2009

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