er

Etymology 1

Mimetic (sound of hesitation)

intj

  1. Said when hesitating in speech.
    If he—er—disappears—well, it seems to me that we'd both benefit. 2012, Linda Miller, Desire and Destiny
    Liquid Samurai: 'FORMLESS AND INFINITE ARE WE, THE LIQUID SAMURAI. I SERVE MY QUEEN, AS WE HAVE FOR COUNTLESS--' / Mona: 'HEY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT YOU SEEM LIKE YOU'RE MADE OF POWERFUL STUFF. CAN I, ER, STUDY YOU?' 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Mona), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch

verb

  1. (informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er.
    He ummed and erred his way through the presentation.

Etymology 2

noun

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Р / р.

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