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Harrumph

[huh-ruhmf]

verb (used without object)

to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.

to express oneself gruffly.

Origin:
1935–40; imitative

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harrumph (həˈrʌmf)

—vb
	(intr) to clear or make the noise of clearing the throat

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