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hm^¹

interjection

A shorter variant of hmm.

determiner

Internet, Philippines, abbreviation, colloquial, initialism Initialism of how much I am selling this shirt. Hm? ₱50 only.

HM^²

Where it comes from

(Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).

pronoun H.M. · H. M.

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king). Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
Similar: HRM, His Royal Majesty
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen). Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties
Similar: HRM, Her Royal Majesty

noun HMs · H.M. · H. M.

India, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Home Minister
US, abbreviation Abbreviation of hospital corpsman
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of heavy metal When girls appropriate a male-dominated form like HM, can they discard its sexist content without replacing it with something else?
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of hidden machine For any obstacle in the way, HMs such as Cut and Strength must be taught to one of the six Pokémon in the trainer's party. […] Relicanth is a relatively unsurprising inclusion. It fulfills the ideal requirements for an HM mule in that it can learn four HMs: Surf, Waterfall, Dive, and Rock Smash. Tha

proper noun H.M. · H. M.

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Hindley-Milner
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011. She [Millie Bobby Brown] then demonstrated how she eventually started slipping in and out of an American accent as a by-product of her HM marathons (and fair warning, it’s so seamless that it’s a little jarring).

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Closest in meaning: hectometer, hectometre, pao, hmm, hmmm, hum, hrm, hrmm, hmph, hmpf, hmmph, huh, um, uh, er, mm

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@misc{hm_2026,
  title = {hm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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