/mː/
#868 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
A sound you make with your mouth closed to show that you agree or that you are thinking.
Word origin
An imitative word: it is simply the sound a closed mouth makes.
- Origin
- Imitative
- Root
- mm
Examples
, .
Here "mm" shows that the speaker agrees.
, .
Here "mm" fills the pause while the speaker thinks.
" ?" "."
On its own, "mm" can answer yes without any words.
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