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[ pronounced with a small scraping sound accompanied or followed by a nasal; spelling pronunciation uh-hem, hem ] / pronounced with a small scraping sound accompanied or followed by a nasal; spelling pronunciation əˈhɛm, hɛm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ahem ON THESAURUS.COM
interjection(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.) Words nearby ahemAHE, ahead, ahead of one's time, ahead of the game, ahead of time, ahem, ahemeral, Ahern, AHF, AHG, AHHA Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ahemOne might say (ahem) that in Beijing on Wednesday the atmospherics were everything. Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment|Ben Leung|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST US Airways inadvertently tweeted an—ahem—racy photo involving a lady and a toy plane. Plane-Related Incidents Reach New Level of Weird|Rachel Hochhauser|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The singer beat (ahem) charges of a woman claiming he injured her in a nightclub due to insufficient evidence. Bryan Cranston As Lex Luthor, Madonna Tops Highest Paid Celebs List|Culture Team|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST A full spread (ahem) of his work is now in a show at Invisible-Exports gallery in New York. Bob Mizer's Gay Vision|Blake Gopnik|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Christie then lambasted “our leaders today”—ahem, President Obama—who “have become paralyzed by [a] desire to be loved.” WATCH VIDEO: Must-See Moments from the Republican National Convention|The Daily Beast Video|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST We sorrow to lose him from our number, but we know better than to reason with—ahem! I have come to remark, Mrs. Stevens, that--ahem--that--do you think the restoration of monarchy is permanent? The Real America in Romance, Volume 6;|John R. Musick It's all my act, all through, every bit of it, but the carrying out of the details was—ahem—his. The Living Link|James De Mille I mean to say that I am firmly convinced that neither my friend the Comte nor his boisterous comrades are fit or capable of—ahem! Tales from Blackwood|Various If the Hon. Member talks of rain before it comes, I shall have to suspend him—ahem! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887.|Various
British Dictionary definitions for ahem
interjectiona clearing of the throat, used to attract attention, express doubt, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ahemcold, exclamation, wow, amen, hello, alas, boo, hurrah, oh, whoopee, hooray, shucks, er, whoop, hack, hem, bark, croup, ouch, rah |