"hrrmph" meaning in All languages combined

See hrrmph on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} hrrmph
  1. Alternative spelling of hrmph Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hrmph
    Sense id: en-hrrmph-en-intj-R33XosMn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1891 January, Rudyard Kipling, chapter XV, in The Light that Failed, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published March 1891, →OCLC, page 327:",
          "text": "‘Hrrmph!’ said the machine-gun through all its five noses as the subaltern drew the lever home.",
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          "ref": "2009, Aaron Chynn, Memoirs of an Ordinary Man: A Yorkshireman's Tale, page 49:",
          "text": "I mustered up courage to shake the box, but not to enter the office. “bring it in” said Robin with a hrrmph!",
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          "ref": "2011, Lee Stringer, Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life; A Memoir, page 151:",
          "text": "She lets out what starts as a sigh but finishes off as a hrrmph.",
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          "ref": "2012, Kim Thompson, Eldritch Manor, page 55:",
          "text": "She rolled through the house, pushed by Baz or wheeling herself, with nothing but a scowl and a hrrmph for Willa, who had no idea what she'd done to incur the old lady's wrath.",
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