Definitions
Hesitation sound used while speaking.
Word origin
From Turkish Er, or from Hokkien 余 (Îr) or Teochew 余 (e5).
Used in a sentence
““Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!””
“If he—er—disappears—well, it seems to me that we'd both benefit.”
“um and er”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Hesitation syllable”2 letters
02“Speech filler”2 letters
03“Speech hesitation”2 letters
04“Thinking noise”2 letters
05“Uncertain speech sound”2 letters
06“Unsure speaker's sound”2 letters
07“pause filler”2 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
E_