Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK, humorous)Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

    She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.

    äh

    эээeee, эмммemmm, хмммxmmm

  2. (UK, humorous)Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.

    Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

    – Bob would never say something like that! – Erm, he just did.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Erm, may I stay here?

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Translations

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