uh
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
uh
- Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
- Uh, who was that?
- Space filler or pause during conversation.
- Uh, let me see...
Usage notesEdit
- May be extended by repeating the letter u or h to express increasingly severe confusion:
- Uuuuh / Uhhhh, right, that makes sense, I guess.
TranslationsEdit
expression of confusion or uncertainty
space filler or pause during conversation
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
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.
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uh
Epigraphic MayanEdit
NounEdit
uh (transliteration needed)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
uh
- Used to express disappointment or disdain.
Further readingEdit
- “uh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
uh
- Romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ)