uh
English edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
uh
- Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
- Uh, who was that?
- Space filler or pause during conversation.
- Uh, let me see...
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Translations edit
expression of confusion or uncertainty
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space filler or pause during conversation
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See also edit
Noun edit
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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Audio (file)
Interjection edit
uh
Epigraphic Mayan edit
Noun edit
uh
Juǀ'hoan edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
uh (upper case Uh)
- A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Romanian edit
Interjection edit
uh
- Obsolete form of uf.
References edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
uh
- Used to express disappointment or disdain.
Further reading edit
- “uh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
uh
- Romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ)
Yucatec Maya edit
Noun edit
uh