Definition of "ahem" []

• Used to attract attention or to express doubt or warning. (interjection)

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• "Finally, this week's ending illustration is by Naruko Hanaharu, a familiar name amongst certain circles * ahem ahem*."
• "KJ knows I secretly dread the day I start going bald (when this "pig fur" will be gone from the world forever), so the other day she said that she read somewhere that male baldness is caused by an abundance of hormones that usually indicated health in ... ahem ... other areas."
• "If it turns out the book is untrue or exaggerated, he will be all "that doesn't have a place in ahem, ahem, blah blah.""