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English
Etymology
Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er.
Pronunciation
Interjection
uh
- Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
- Uh, who was that?
- Space filler or pause during conversation.
- Uh, let me see...
Usage notes
- May be extended by repeating the letter u or h to express increasingly severe confusion:
- Uuuuh / Uhhhh, right, that makes sense, I guess.
Related terms
Translations
expression of confusion or uncertainty
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space filler or pause during conversation
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See also
Noun
uh (plural uhs)
- An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
- 2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in New York Times[1]:
- Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Interjection
uh
Epigraphic Mayan
Noun
uh
Juǀ'hoan
Pronunciation
Letter
uh (upper case Uh)
- A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Romanian
Interjection
uh
References
- uh in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
Interjection
uh
- Used to express disappointment or disdain.
Further reading
- “uh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
Sumerian
Romanization
uh
- Romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ)
Yucatec Maya
Noun
uh
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