/ ɜː(r); NAmE / (also erm ) exclamation
( BrE ) the sound that people make when they are deciding what to say next :
'Will you do it?' 'Er, yes, I suppose so.'
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WORD ORIGIN
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 19th cent.
/ ɜː(r); NAmE / (also erm ) exclamation
( BrE ) the sound that people make when they are deciding what to say next :
'Will you do it?' 'Er, yes, I suppose so.'
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WORD ORIGIN
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 19th cent.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005