vum
intjEtymology Alteration of vow.
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US An exclamation of surprise.
vum
verbUK /vʌm/
Etymology Alteration of vow.
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US, Colloquial To vow, swear.
- I vum it's Sunday—you won't see that harpooneer to-night; he's come to anchor somewhere—come along then; do come; won't ye come?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Ch. 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC: