mmmmmmph.

n.  the sound of someone clearing his throat (GiggleBounce.com).

mmmmmngh.

n.  the “wincing” sound of “having hit one’s head on something hard” (Timothy Albee, Kaze, Ghost Warrior); see also nnnngh.

mmmmpfgh.

n.  a gagging sound.

<[I] typed the letters that all those people in the dunes would love to pronounce, that lie beneath the surface of all cruising: Mmmmpfgh.  —Andrew Hollerman, Flesh and the Word.>

mmmmph.

interj.  a sleepy, grumpy moan, as in the novel The Venetian Policeman by M.E. Rabb.


interj.  an expression of terror.

<“Mph,” George said, shaking his head wildly.  “Mmmmmnh!  Mmmmph!”  —Stephen King, The Stand.>

n.  a contented sigh.

<Murphy finds a warm spot by the fire, paces off a small circle, curls up and drops his head on his paws with a loud mmmmph.  —Kathleen Cook-Waldron, Five Stars For Emily.>

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