Meanings of ums in English

With each of his ums and ahs she tears off more strips.

I want to help Callie and her friends get rid of the neff-ums.

Wat's de use o'life w'en ums nothin' to live for?

After which add "did 'ums" in a tone of soothing sympathy.

Until now, playing computer games had not been high on most m ums' list of priorities.

Did a nassy ol' martet do adainst 'ums!

When he is howling, and I say "Did ums" with sympathetic intonation, he stops crying.

What did ums do to ums?

The parent says: Did ums.

No 'ums' around here.

Did ums was, Binks?

The strange vendor of medicine seemed to be deeply interested, although he confined his comments to "ums" and "ahs."

It is not as if I took a personal pride in the phrase: "Did ums." I did not even invent it.

The forests here embody adventure: A typical day of climbing involved thrashing through thick vegetation, swatting no-see-ums constantly, and enduring heat, humidity, and afternoon downpours.

UMS said in a statement it expects the acquisitions to increase earnings.

UMs could be one of the important factors that induce treatment-refractoriness to antipsychotics.