fumf

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of rushing air or a dull impact. onomatopoeic
    — I hit the Bruckner Expressway and turned the music up until I could feel the bass in my breastbone. Then I heard the fumf of a blown tire.
动词 v.
  1. Synonym of fumfer (“to speak awkwardly or evasively; to fiddle or fumble”). rare
    — '"To me,' Bill says, "Mulcahy is a pretty straight guy who doesn't quite have a handle on everything, and there's a little bit of 'fumfing' [a favorite word of Bill's] and confusion."

词形变化

fumfs present,singular,third-person fumfing participle,present fumfed participle,past fumfed past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen, “to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”). Compare fumfer.
词源 2
Onomatopoeic.
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