Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of um.
‘Did you brush your teeth?’ […] ‘Ahm . . . No, my toothbrush . . . ahm . . . fell on to the . . . the ceiling.’ He shook his head at himself.
2014, Chris O’Dowd, Nick V[incent] Murphy, “Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy”, in The Blunder Years (Moone Boy; 1), London: Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 482 more examples
“Ahm—why don’t you go back with Dad and Uncle Eugene. I’ll be over in a jiffy…” Gabriel looks up at her confused, but then takes off for his old man.
2008, Stephen V. Masse, “Tape Twenty-One”, in A Jolly Good Fellow, Boston, Mass.: Good Harbor Press, →ISBN, page 192“You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”
2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92
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ahm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ahm
“ahm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ahm. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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