Harrumph (verb)
harrumph [huh-ruhmf]

verb (used without object)
1. to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
2. to express oneself gruffly.



Origin: First recorded in 1935-40; imitative

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