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Merriam Webster's

interjection Date: 1672 — used to indicate hesitation <well, um, I don't know>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

int. expressing hesitation or a pause in speech. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Om Om, interj. & n. [Also Aum, Um.] [Skr. [=o]m.] A mystic syllable or ejaculation used by Hindus and Buddhists in religious rites, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated ``O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen,'' and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly represented as standing or sitting within a lotus.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Um is used in writing to represent a sound that people make when they are hesitating, usually while deciding what they want to say next. She felt her face going red–'I'm sorry Rob, it's just that I'm, um, overwhelmed.'

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