Definition of "harrumphs" [harrumphs]

• Plural form of harrumph. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harrumph. (verb)

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• ""Trust me" assurances and indignant "harrumphs" are all well and good when you're preaching to your own choir, but that's not the challenge in an open forum."
• "And, as was the case I am sure with thousands of my fellow Canadians, I mustered up a few "harrumphs" and maybe even one "pshaw" before delivering the verdict: "Well, that settles it."
• "The gasps of horror following Newt Gingrich's too-candid confession about Paul Ryan's radical Medicare reform plan and the harrumphs of indignation that greeted Mitt Romney's less-than candid confession about the alleged sins of his Massachusetts plan are primarily political theater."