ahemming
Sayuh-HEM-ing/əˈhɛmɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of ahem.
The chairman's loud ahemming finally quieted the room.
She was ahemming pointedly from the doorway, waiting to be noticed.
Note
The -ing form doubles its final m, as English does after a stressed short vowel: ahem, ahemming, like stem, stemming. As a participle it follows be (she was ahemming from the doorway). As a gerund it behaves like a noun and takes a possessive (the chairman's ahemming). The verb keeps the interjection's purpose: the throat-clearing is meant to draw attention.
ahemming is a form of ahem
ahem, verb: To cough or clear the throat deliberately in order to draw attention. Full entry
- Spelling
- ahem → ahemming: double the m, add -ing
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