An occurrence of the interjection "er".

What is a synonym for "er"?

Common synonyms include: -or, -ster, ;, ah, ah, atomic number 68.

Er

//ɜː// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

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An occurrence of the interjection "er".
"Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s."
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The name of the Cyrillic script letter Р / р.
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Initialism of earned run. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment wordnet
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Initialism of endoplasmic reticulum. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium wordnet
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Initialism of entity-relationship. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of emergency room. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of estrogen receptor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of Einstein-Rosen bridge. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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Initialism of enhanced radiation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Verb

1
To utter the word er when hesitating in speech. informal, intransitive, transitive
"um and er"

Intj

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Said when hesitating in speech. informal
"“Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”"

Proper Noun

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A surname. countable, uncountable
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Initialism of Elizabeth Regina (“Queen Elizabeth”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of Edward Rex (on coins, letterboxes, etc.) The royal cypher for Edward VII, king of Great Britain British, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Initialism of Eleanor Roosevelt. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Abbreviation of Erie (“Erie, Pennsylvania, USA”). US, abbreviation, alt-of