HARRUMPH
- to make a guttural sound [v HARRUMPHED, HARRUMPHING, HARRUMPHS]
- Clear the throat noisily
- Grumpily express dissatisfaction or disapproval
- to clear one's throat noisily in annoyance, also HARUMPH [v -ED, -ING, -S]
- to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner.