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Definition of Humph
1. interj. An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc.
Definition of Humph
1. Interjection. Used to express doubt or disapproval ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Humph
1. to utter a grunt [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humph
Literary usage of Humph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Watson, 6 humph. 509; Neal v. Peilen, 1 Head, 546; Vance v. ... Bridges, 5 humph.
411. No formal delivery of a deed is necessary. ..."
2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"humph. What's the cause of it 1 Tell me truly now—Did you ever love any body ...
humph. You never do any harm in these fits, I hope—But do you hate me in ..."
3. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"humph. Sirrah, who do you prate after? Despising men of sacred characters !
I hope you never heard my good young master talk so like a profligate. Tom. ..."
4. Representative English Plays: From the Middle Ages to the End of the by John Strong Perry Tatlock, Robert Grant Martin (1916)
"humph. Fortune here seemed again to smile on her. Bev. Only to make her frowns more
... humph. That generous concealment made the obligation double. Bev. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"... if made without his consent and without an express reservation of recourse
against him. Union Bank v. McClung, (I humph. 98; Lea v. Dozier, 10 humph. ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"[С humph.] 358, 368; Martin v. Nance, 40 Tonn. [3 Head] C40, 650; Goodwin v.
Thomson, 83 Tenn. [15 Lea] 209, 54 Am. Rep. 410), may, In the case of an ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"Whitehouse, 5 humph. 340. It is somewhat remarkable that this question should be
presented for the first time for the decision of this court after the law ..."
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