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hamana-hamana-hamana

hamana-hamana-hamana interjection: verbally expressing speechlessness.

Interjection

  1. Verbally expressing speechlessness.
    • Hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana1956 April 15, The Honeymooners, season 1, episode 29, spoken by Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason)
    • In response, the doctor would most likely give you his best wide-eyed impersonation of Ralph Kramden: Hamana-hamana-hamana.2005, Peter Salgo with Joseph Layden, The Heart of the Matter: The Three Key Breakthroughs to Preventing Heart Attacks

Origin of hamana-hamana-hamana

Likely imitative of non-verbal sounds. Compare hmm, um.

Questions about hamana-hamana-hamana

What does hamana-hamana-hamana mean?
Hamana-hamana-hamana means verbally expressing speechlessness.
What part of speech is hamana-hamana-hamana?
Hamana-hamana-hamana is an interjection.

Words near hamana-hamana-hamana in the dictionary

  1. Hamamotos
  2. hamams
  3. Hamamura
  4. Hamamuras
  5. Haman
  6. hamana-hamana-hamana
  7. Hamani
  8. Hamann
  9. Hamanns
  10. Hamans
  11. hamantasch

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