mph, int.
((ə)mh)
Also mphm.
[Imit.]
Used to express an inarticulate sound of disapproval, doubt, or qualified approval. Cf. umph int.
| 1876 ‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer 272 What would people say? ‘Mph! Tom Sawyer's gang! pretty low characters in it.’ 1949 ‘N. Blake’ Head of Traveller vii. 105 To conceal the way he was killed? Mphm. Don't see how it helps us. |