Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation hectometer
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
hectometer . Seemetric system .
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- noun metrology Symbol for the
hectometer (hectometre ), anSI unit oflength equal to 102meters (metres ). - interjection Alternative form of
hmm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
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Examples
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BUT he is our president now so I will have to put my faith in hm that he does the right thing.
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BUT he is our president now so I will have to put my faith in hm that he does the right thing.
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And hm, is it a tough call to stop a certain murderer to protect a non-murderer?
The Preponderance of the Evidence, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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He has expressed surpirse that McCain has called hm that, but he has not deined it.
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But hm, meaning that i can stone and be indifferent and don't care about anything/anyone and be so comfortable with myself, but feel bad at the same time for being like that.
yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2006
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They had a particular story about bone wedding bands that seemed to invoke both a 'hm' and an 'ew!' from me.
Miscellany RICHARD 2005
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They had a particular story about bone wedding bands that seemed to invoke both a 'hm' and an 'ew!' from me.
Archive 2005-08-01 RICHARD 2005
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Cravan said nothing more than "hm," but he agreed that they could have the coveted roles, and added Hantis as the third Witch.
The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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"Voi sapete, quel che fa," scarcely to be interpreted for polite readers, as given by bass singers who have preserved the Italian traditions (with a final "hm" through the nose), go to the extreme of allowable suggestiveness, if not a trifle beyond.
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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But as much as that, and he does that too, but as much as that, it’s kind of hm, what interests me?
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