phumpher

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A form of fumfer — To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbphumpher (third-person singular simple present phumphers, present participle phumphering, simple past and past participle phumphered)

present singular third person phumphers · participle present phumphering · participle past phumphered · past phumphered

  1. alternativeAlternative form of fumfer.

    "Uh, look, Ralf, I hope you won't take this too personally, but ..." he phumphered nervously.

    2009, Norman Spinrad, He Walked Among Us, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 294
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