ahemmed
Sayuh-HEMD/əˈhɛmd/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of ahem.
The teacher ahemmed pointedly when the students kept whispering at the back.
Several guests ahemmed in polite disapproval as the speaker rambled on.
Note
A verb built on a throat-clearing sound, and its past form follows ordinary spelling rules: the final m doubles before -ed, as in stem and stemmed. One spelling covers both the simple past (she ahemmed) and the participle after have or had (he had ahemmed twice). It takes no object; it is usually followed by a manner word such as pointedly or politely.
ahemmed is a form of ahem
ahem, verb: To cough or clear the throat deliberately in order to draw attention. Full entry
- Spelling
- ahem → ahemmed: double the m, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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