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Word entry · 2 letters

um

Best crossword clue

"Hesitation before speaking"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /ʌm/Sorted muStarts with UEnds with M5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Hesitation word used while thinking or pausing in speech.

Word origin

Borrowed from Korean 엄(嚴) (Eom).

Used in a sentence

  • “Um, I don’t know.”
  • “Let’s see... um... how about this?”
  • “It's a great test of the claims of open-source gurus, who say that a self-motivated community can outcode any team working for a single employer—like, um, Microsoft.”

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01“Hesitation before speaking”2 letters
02“Speaker's pause”2 letters
03“Thinking pause”2 letters
04“Thinking sound”2 letters
05“pause word”2 letters

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