mmmm mmm mmmmm.

(also mmmm, mmmmm, mmmm mmm, mmmmm mmmm mm mmmmmmmm.)  n.  the quiet humming of a gagged computer terminal, as in Life, The Universe, And Everything by Douglas Adams.

mmmm nnnn.

n.  a sound meaning “I don’t know”; see also mmm.

<“Do [potato chips] frighten you, Jeffrey?  Is it because when you eat them you have to break them?”  “Mmmm.  Nnnnn.”  —Barbara D’Amato, Death of a Thousand Cuts.>

mmmm-hmmm.

interj.  a “subvocal interjection” which indicates a “therapist’s interest in whatever the client is describing,” as discussed in Planned Short-Term Treatment, Second Edition, by Richard Wells.

mmmm-mmm.

n.  a wolf’s playful whimper, as discussed in Wolves: Complete Cross-Curricular Theme Unit That Teaches About These Totally Cool Canines by Kathleen W. Kranking.

mmmmm.

adj.  good.

<Mmmmm.  Means good, in any language.  —Roy Bount Jr., Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story.>

n.  a contemplative sound.

<‘Mmmmm.’  Rowe’s eyes bounced.  ‘I like it.’  —Brooks Hansen, Perlman’s Ordeal.>

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