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ahem
[uh-hem, hem]
interjection
(an utterance similar to the sound of clearing one's throat, used to attract attention, express doubt or a mild warning, etc.)
ahem
/ əˈɛ /
interjection
a clearing of the throat, used to attract attention, express doubt, etc
Example Sentences
But does like to have his, ahem, ring kissed.
Water services are different, because the 'switch for a better deal' advice simply doesn't, ahem, hold water.
That may inform NBC's decision to edit Elon Musk’s hand gesture out of its live feed even though everyone who saw it understood it to mean something, ahem, we couldn't not see.
Being of a certain age, I didn’t think much of it and chalked it up to simply growing, ahem, older.
Every billionaire on the planet is lining up to kiss his . . . ahem, ring – and the rest of the world can kiss something else.
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