Usually means: Hesitation sound in conversational speech.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word um:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. um: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. um: Merriam-Webster
  3. um: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. um: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. -um, um: Collins English Dictionary
  6. U.M, UM, Um, Um, um, uM: Wordnik
  7. um: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. 'um, -um, um, um-: Wiktionary
  9. um: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. um: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. UM, .um: Dictionary.com
  12. um: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. um: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. UM (company), UM, Um (Korean name), Um, -um, .um: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Um: Rhymezone
  16. um: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. U.M, UM: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. um: FreeDictionary.org
  19. um: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. um: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  21. Um (Korean surname): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Warhammer Dwarven Word List (No longer online)
  2. -um: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Health Insurance Glossary (No longer online)
  4. UM: Financial dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. um: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. UM (Unified Messaging): CCI Computer
  3. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  4. UM: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. um: Glossary of Lasik Laser Eye Surgery
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. -um: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. UM: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. um: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. UM, um: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. U.M, um: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.
noun:  Initialism of University of Miami.
noun:  Initialism of University of Michigan.
noun:  (philately) Initialism of unmounted mint.

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