mmint.n.

Brit.

/m/, U.S.

/m/

Forms: 1900s– m'm, 1900s– mm-m, 1900s– mmm, 1900s– mmmm, 1900s– mn (rare). Forms with m occurring five or more times are also occasionally attested.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare h'm int., um int.

1. Expressing satisfaction, approval, or assent. Also (occasionally) as n.

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1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara 185 Mm! What's that smells so good, old girl?

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 54 You don't want anything for breakfast? A sleepy soft grunt answered:—Mn.

1945 A. Kober Parm Me 18 Mmm, is good the cake... You must use lotsa ecks [= eggs] fa such a cake.

1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xxii. 197 By tomorrow they'll [sc. sandwiches] lose not a single ‘M'm’ of flavoursome moisture!

1974 D. Francis Knock Down ii. 21 ‘You'd thought of that, had you?’.. ‘Mm,’ I said.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Aug. 20/1 Mm, I'm a bit embarrassed about that one because I was misquoted.

1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 160 You could get by with a Uh huh, a Mmm, giving the odd nod or coming out with a chuckle.

2. Expressing hesitation, reflection, or inarticulate interrogation. Cf. um int.

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1967 Listener 21 Sept. 367/2 Restraint is unnatural, mm?

1968 ‘P. Hobson’ Titty's Dead v. 66 She was mentioning..that she had had enough of policemen for the day. And, mm-m, that you could go chase yourself.

1983 R. Curtis & R. Atkinson Black Adder in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 11/1 Percy. Mmmmmm? Yes, that's the one, yes!

1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 170 Why don't you just spit it out—say it right out—whatever it is that's troubling you. Mmm?

1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men x. 76 Clay had enough clout..to insist on a mandatory defence of the heavyweight title despite the unforeseen (mmmmmmm) injury to Tyson's scheduled opponent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

M.M. n. Military Medal (established 1916).

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society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders

Order of St Michael1530

Legion of Honour1802

clasp1813

Iron Cross1813

medal1813

star1844

Victoria Cross1856

V.C.1859

Medal of Honour1861

bar1864

yellow jacket1864

V.D.1901

Croix de Guerre1915

Military Cross1915

C.G.M.1916

Military Medal1916

pip1917

M.M.1918

purple heart1918

Maconochie Cross1919

Maconochie Medal1919

wound-stripe1919

T.D.1924

rooty gong1925

Silver Star1932

Ritterkreuz1940

Africa Star1943

ruptured duck1945

Spam medal1945

screaming eagle1946

1918 Army & Navy Gaz. 16 Feb. 111/3 The distinctive letters ‘D.C.M.’ or ‘M.M.’ respectively.

1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 14 M. M. for bombing a minny-crew out.

1971 D. Niven Moon's a Balloon v. 63 I caught a glimpse of the medal ribbons of the D.C.M. and M.M. on his chest.

1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) xiv. 396 Legs was awarded a posthumous MM for what the official obituary described as ‘unswerving leadership’.

mm n. millimetre(s).

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1870 Nature 9 June 108/2 There are a large number of very small nerve tubules (0^mm,0033) diameter mingled with others of average and of large diameter 0^mm,01 to 0^mm,02 and ·0·3.

1878 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 1 355 A quarter of a century ago..Harting proposed..micro-millimetre... Thus we had m. for the metre, mm. for the millimetre, and mmm. for the micromillimetre.

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 583/1 Pin Fire Pistol Cartridges... In sizes 7 M-M is 32 caliber, 9 M-M is 38 caliber, 12 M-M is 44 caliber.

1945 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers Apr. 290 This process is commonly used in making 16-mm negatives or prints from 35-mm originals.

1971 Guardian 16 Dec. 1/2 The police did not identify the weapon but said that the ammunition was 9 mm.

1995 SkyNews May 20/1 It's much easier to take a good night-sky shot using just a standard 35 mm single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera.

单词	mm
释义	mmint.n. Brit. /m/, U.S. /m/ Forms: 1900s– m'm, 1900s– mm-m, 1900s– mmm, 1900s– mmmm, 1900s– mn (rare). Forms with m occurring five or more times are also occasionally attested. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare h'm int., um int. 1. Expressing satisfaction, approval, or assent. Also (occasionally) as n. ΚΠ 1911 E. Ferber Dawn O'Hara 185 Mm! What's that smells so good, old girl? 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 54 You don't want anything for breakfast? A sleepy soft grunt answered:—Mn. 1945 A. Kober Parm Me 18 Mmm, is good the cake... You must use lotsa ecks [= eggs] fa such a cake. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xxii. 197 By tomorrow they'll [sc. sandwiches] lose not a single ‘M'm’ of flavoursome moisture! 1974 D. Francis Knock Down ii. 21 ‘You'd thought of that, had you?’.. ‘Mm,’ I said. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Aug. 20/1 Mm, I'm a bit embarrassed about that one because I was misquoted. 1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 160 You could get by with a Uh huh, a Mmm, giving the odd nod or coming out with a chuckle. 2. Expressing hesitation, reflection, or inarticulate interrogation. Cf. um int. ΚΠ 1967 Listener 21 Sept. 367/2 Restraint is unnatural, mm? 1968 ‘P. Hobson’ Titty's Dead v. 66 She was mentioning..that she had had enough of policemen for the day. And, mm-m, that you could go chase yourself. 1983 R. Curtis & R. Atkinson Black Adder in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 11/1 Percy. Mmmmmm? Yes, that's the one, yes! 1995 K. O'Riordan Involved 170 Why don't you just spit it out—say it right out—whatever it is that's troubling you. Mmm? 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men x. 76 Clay had enough clout..to insist on a mandatory defence of the heavyweight title despite the unforeseen (mmmmmmm) injury to Tyson's scheduled opponent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas M.M. M.M. n. Military Medal (established 1916). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders Order of St Michael1530 Legion of Honour1802 clasp1813 Iron Cross1813 medal1813 star1844 Victoria Cross1856 V.C.1859 Medal of Honour1861 bar1864 yellow jacket1864 V.D.1901 Croix de Guerre1915 Military Cross1915 C.G.M.1916 Military Medal1916 pip1917 M.M.1918 purple heart1918 Maconochie Cross1919 Maconochie Medal1919 wound-stripe1919 T.D.1924 rooty gong1925 Silver Star1932 Ritterkreuz1940 Africa Star1943 ruptured duck1945 Spam medal1945 screaming eagle1946 1918 Army & Navy Gaz. 16 Feb. 111/3 The distinctive letters ‘D.C.M.’ or ‘M.M.’ respectively. 1933 E. Blunden & S. Norman We'll shift our Ground 14 M. M. for bombing a minny-crew out. 1971 D. Niven Moon's a Balloon v. 63 I caught a glimpse of the medal ribbons of the D.C.M. and M.M. on his chest. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) xiv. 396 Legs was awarded a posthumous MM for what the official obituary described as ‘unswerving leadership’. extracted from Mn. mm mm n. millimetre(s). ΚΠ 1870 Nature 9 June 108/2 There are a large number of very small nerve tubules (0^mm,0033) diameter mingled with others of average and of large diameter 0^mm,01 to 0^mm,02 and ·0·3. 1878 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 1 355 A quarter of a century ago..Harting proposed..micro-millimetre... Thus we had m. for the metre, mm. for the millimetre, and mmm. for the micromillimetre. 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 583/1 Pin Fire Pistol Cartridges... In sizes 7 M-M is 32 caliber, 9 M-M is 38 caliber, 12 M-M is 44 caliber. 1945 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers Apr. 290 This process is commonly used in making 16-mm negatives or prints from 35-mm originals. 1971 Guardian 16 Dec. 1/2 The police did not identify the weapon but said that the ammunition was 9 mm. 1995 SkyNews May 20/1 It's much easier to take a good night-sky shot using just a standard 35 mm single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera. extracted from Mn. < int.n.1911 as lemmas
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