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harrumph

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har·rumph  (h-rmf)
intr.v. har·rumphed, har·rumph·ing, har·rumphs
1. To make a show of clearing one's throat.
2. To offer usually brief critical comments: harrumphed for a while over the proposal.

[Imitative.]

har·rumph n.

harrumph [həˈrʌmf]
vb
(intr) to clear or make the noise of clearing the throat
Translations
harrumph
visich (laut) räuspern


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GLENDALE - Lance Miller, the smoothest speaker on the globe, does not harrumph, clear his throat or clog his oratory with ums, ahhs, or the dreaded ``like.
Not older ones--they still sort of harrumph when this sort of thing comes up.
If we harrumph that "politics is hopeless" and, worse yet, pass that on to our children, we hand over these choices to other people's kids who may not have been raised to value the common good, to respect the dignity of human life, to consider our obligation to the poor.
 
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