Definition of um-hum
—used to express affirmation, agreement, comprehension, or interest
um-hum
interjection
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a sound made with the organs of speech in position for m
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a voiced beginning which usually has the heaviest stress
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and a voiced ending separated by an h-like period of voicelessness
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Origin and Etymology of um-hum
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