həˈrəm(p)f intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: imitative
1. : to make a pompous throat-clearing sound
several students chuckled and one or two professorial alumni good-naturedly harrumphed — W.H.Nelson
2. : to comment disapprovingly : protest
the state department harrumphed and … oil companies stood on their legal, unenforceable rights — Time