Hm
det, intj, name, noun, pron, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of Home Minister. India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters wordnet
- 3 Abbreviation of hospital corpsman. US, abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 Initialism of heavy metal. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?"
- 5 Initialism of hidden machine abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. That last one is what edges it out over other Water-types such as Luvdisc."
- 1 A shorter variant of hmm.
- 1 Initialism of how much. Internet, Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, initialism
"I am selling this shirt. Hm? ₱50 only."
- 1 Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
- 2 Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties"
- 1 Initialism of Hindley-Milner. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring)."
Example
More examples"Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!"
Etymology
(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
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