Er

Word ER
Character 2
Hyphenation er
Pronunciations /ɜː/

Definitions and meanings of "Er"

What do we mean by er?

Used to express hesitation or uncertainty. interjection

A Middle English form of ere.

A suffix of Latin origin, denoting usually a person, and often an agent, but not, like -er, usually associated with a verb.

In chem., the symbol for erbium.

A suffix of certain nouns, mostly technical terms of the law (from Old Law French), as attainder, misnomer, trover, user, non-user, waiver, etc. In endeavor, endeavour, the orig. -er is disguised in the spelling.

A suffix of adjectives, forming the comparative degree, as in colder, deeper, greater, bigger, etc., and being cognate with the Latin comparative suffix -or, -ior, neuter -us, -ius, represented in English in major, minor, minus, prior, superior, inferior, etc.

A suffix of verbs, giving them a frequentative and sometimes a diminutive sense, as patter from pat, swagger from swag, flutter from float, sputter from spout, etc.

In heraldry, an abbreviation of ermine.

A simplified spelling of err.

An English suffix, originally and properly attached to verbs to form nouns of the agent, as in baker, creeper, delver, driver, reader, sower, writer, etc.

The chemical symbol for erbium, a rare earth element. It has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26. noun

Said when hesitating in speech. interjection

To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found almost exclusively in the phrase um and er. verb

A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium noun

A room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment noun

To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er.

A space-filling meaningless word, synonym for um a response that what someone else said was dubious in some way. Urban Dictionary

The Sri Lankan battle cry! Also can be used to say hello. Urban Dictionary

An er is an girl with blonde hair, green eyes and blindingly beautiful. She is smart and basically good at everything. She is kind and everybody loves her. Urban Dictionary

1: A word mostly used by British people to mean um or uh. Also used by crazy Americans that read too much Harry Potter. 2: An optional suffix for an adjective. If something is not -adjective- enough, then in some cases er may be added to it. 3: Shortened version of her and other words that are allready short. 4: Short for Emergency Room. Urban Dictionary

An abbreviated way of describing a nigger.You have niggers and niggas, niggers being the sterotypical "thuggish" or "hoodlum" type. Urban Dictionary

Feeling Odd or freaky; saying that you ARE not sure Urban Dictionary

An abbreviation for the endoplasmic reticulum. May be heard among success-driven high school students studying for the AP Biology exam. It's also an acronym for emergency room. Urban Dictionary

Used for texting/online chat "er" is an abbreviation for "eyeroll"; when someone does or says something that makes you roll your eyes you "er" at them; it can also be used in place of the term "oh, whatever" Urban Dictionary

A favorite word used by raunchy indians Urban Dictionary

Er is a word used by jocks in Dublin to basicly piss off somybody they dont like or to burn them.also the term er mates is used to say, "you have no friends" Urban Dictionary

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The word "er" in example sentences

'Then, er, would you ask your driver to take you to, er, Randfontein House, er… the Dettrick Room… that's a reception room, you see, which we hire for this, well, sort of thing.' ❋ Francis, Dick (1972)

“I’m blimed,” he said, “ef I don’t tike er piy-diy out of ’er, shadders or no shadders.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

_Has_ a rule I find the merest nod of my 'ed a sufficient saloot to a woman of the aristocracy -- but for _'er_, Mamzelle, I never fail to show' er up with a court bow! " ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

"An 'I wants you ter ricollec' dat I done guv 'er to you -- dat is, _yo' sheer_ [share] _in 'er_, caze she's _mine_ too, you know. ❋ Ruth McEnery Stuart (1886)

Couldyou please come up to our county and serve a term er two as our country DA. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Than the mother-f***er is out of your neighbourhood and no longer you're problem. ❋ Tyler (2009)

Several prominent colleges have launched three-year degrees in the past few years, promising students all the richness of a college education in shorter time and at lower cost. ❋ Daniel DeVise (2011)

TheCool-er is the next wave of e-book reader, with some notable upgrades from Kindle (and a cheaper price): ❋ Unknown (2009)

As usual, Opera rulez and everything else droo ... er, is not as good. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He's a corrections officer at a looney-bin ... er, facility for the criminally insane. ❋ Wendigomountain (2010)

The riv er is not private land and as long as you don't shoot one in the water you're fine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That Baby Huey looking MF-er is the definition of “banality of evil”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That's a no brain er! obama might be able to take a 03: 00 AM phone call but he sure can't make a simple decision on a request for more troops to Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My 2. 5-er is coming home to a new big boy bed tonight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At least one write-in-er is a real numbskull (DeBonis) ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)

Other clubs in Spain, France, Italy and Germany did so, though in shorter seasons than those played today. ❋ Gabriele Marcotti (2011)

A typical right wingnut who nev er is bothered by facts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They feel the opinion of any one GenY-er is worth 10 times of that of any of the old guys. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To be continued with irregular verbs and verbs that end in - er and - ir. ❋ Unknown (2009)

er, [I don't know].er, yeaaaaah, [if you say so]... ❋ Binyamin (2004)

You: [Hey] what's [crackin]? ME: ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! ❋ Angry Persian (2007)

[Oh wow]! [She is] such an "er!" [I wish] I was her. ❋ PastaEater10 (2021)

1: "Er, well I dunno..." 2: Raito had to write faster or people wouldn't do the cool dying [montage] with people falling over. 3: "I can't believe ['er]!" 4: If someone is bleeding [profusely], take them to the ER. ❋ Kanki (2007)

nigga:" man all these [ers] are [makin] us niggas look [bad up] in here" ❋ Tall Dark N Handsome (2011)

"[how do] you [feel]?" "er." ❋ The Freakozoid (2009)

The [ER] can be a televized show or an [essential] part [of life]; either way both are used as the acronym. ❋ C. Darwin (2006)

"she said what?" er"whatever" er"that guy was [so sexy].. " "[the bald guy], [gross]?" "er" ❋ SwtPnkKty (2011)

indian1: that [wite] boy is coming [on to] you indian2: er, [not even] ❋ Skitso (2005)

loser:"hey i just got a new [calculator]" [jocks]:"er!!!" jock:"[er mates]" ❋ 37man (2007)

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