hmph.

n.  a grunt meaning “you can’t fool me,” as in the novel Brighter than the Sun by Julia Quinn.


n.  a huff of disgust, as in the novel On the Banks of the Bayou by Roger Lea MacBride.


n.  a noncommittal grunt, as in the novel Insurrection by Thomas M. Reid.


n.  a questioning response, as in the novel Without Remorse by Tom Clancy.


n.  a scoff “without much conviction,” as in the novel The Dream Spheres by Elaine Cunningham.


n.  a shudder of realization.

<“December twenty-second.”  A little hmph shook his chest.  “It was a year ago today that she left.”  —Patricia Ryan, Naughty or Nice?>

n.  a snort to disguise one’s mollification, as in the novel The Secret History by Donna Tartt.


n.  a sound made to interrupt someone, as in the novel Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr.


n.  a surly expression, as in Call it Sleep: A Novel by Henry Roth.

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