From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisherer /ɜː, ə $ ɜːr, ər/ interjection British English Ca sound you make when you do not know exactly what to say next Well, er – I’m not really sure.
Examples from the Corpus
er• We'll never forgive - er, forget - her accomplishments.-er-er1 /ə $ ər/ suffix XXforms the comparative of many short adjectives and adverbs hot, hotter dry, drier fast, faster → -estExamples from the Corpus
-er• a dishwasher• a geographer• a New Yorker• a potter• a three-wheeler• the diners• the villagers-er-er2 suffix [in nouns] 1 XXsomeone who does something or is doing something a dancer a driver2 XXsomething that does something a scraper (=a tool you use for scraping) → -ar, -orERER /ˌiː ˈɑː $ -ˈɑːr/ noun [countable usually singular] American English informal emergency roomOrigin er (1800-1900) A representation of the sound 