erm

interjectioncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ɜːm//
United States//ɝm//

Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

interjection

1
Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
2
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.

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Erik · A male given name from Old Norse, variant of Eric.Erika · A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.Erin · Ireland.

erm · Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.

Ernest · A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the…Ernesto · A male given name from Spanish.Ernie · A diminutive of the male given name Ernest.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.