Meanings
verbvum (third-person singular simple present vums, present participle vumming, simple past and past participle vummed)
present singular third person vums · participle present vumming · participle past vummed · past vummed
- UScolloquialTo vow, swear.
I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Ch. 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
interjection
- USAn exclamation of surprise.
Origin
Alteration of vow.
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APA
vum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vum
MLA
“vum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vum.
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