Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt, or indifference.
Wiktionary
- interj. used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- interj. Used to express doubt or confusion.
- interj. Used to reinforce a question.
- interj. this sense) (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
- interj. informal Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
- interj. informal Used to create a tag question.
Examples
“Cant tell the difference between weather and climate again huh?”
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“I know maybe only the ultra wealthy should have the privaliage to drive, the working people can ride horses again huh?”
“The money is drying up, delegates are defecting and still according to a twisted kind of math that only the Clinton's could cook up she can still win huh?”
“Anonymous thinks .. ah what a world we live in huh?”
“The emphatic "huh" - if you ask someone a specific question related to a statement they made previously and they answer you with a "huh.”
“If its Not Hillary im voting for mcCain (Bushs 3 rd term huh?) alot of you are very Dumb.”
“Yea right, uh huh, that is EXACTLY what Dean Koontz would say.”
“Uh, huh, that is the only way they could figure that out.”
“For example, the herb Bo He pronounced baw huh, which is peppermint, can stimulate cellular vibration in the liver.”
“I said I was Canadian, and she said, uh-huh, which is the most expressive word in the American language, surveying me through her veil as she adjusted it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘huh’.
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Eternal Questions
I wish I could remember the question that inspired this list a couple of days ago.
why, the great questio..., the chicken or th..., what is the sound..., what time is it, is the pope catholic, are we not men, where's waldo, what's it all abo..., is that all there..., where's the rest ..., to be or not to be and 290 more...
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Palindromes
tenet, �?ΙΨΟ�? Α�?ΟΜΗΜΑΤ..., rotator, kayak, tattarrattat, detartrated, racecar, level, step on no pets, fall leaves after..., level, madam, level!, reviver and 108 more...
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sound (quiet)
words for quiet sounds
( randomness, descriptive )sigh, murmur, whisper, whir, rustle, patter, hum, snap, hiss(sss), crackle, bleat, peep and 185 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Interjections spelled with only H's a...
ha!, aha!, ho ho ho!, hee hee!, oho!, uh-oh, heh, heh-heh, oh, ah, huh, eh and 12 more...
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Grunts, Sounds, Calls
Aah, achoo, ack, ah, aha, ahem, ah-ha, aw, baa, bah, blah, boo and 64 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
DYSLEXIC'S DELIGHT
Words a dyslexic can't get wrong: Palindromes
retartrater, redivider, level, noon, rotor, civic, peep, eke, deed, tenet, reviver, hannah and 145 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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exclamations
expletive, blimey, okey dokey, whatchamacallit, oops, ooh, sheesh, lo and behold, phew, golly, bam, yikes and 13 more...
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Overused
Words that are used way too much in conversation, especially by me. Which is not to say I don't like them
awkward, random, totally, so, fully, sweet, whatever, bloody, skill0rz, skillage, skill, oh my god and 35 more...
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just saying
yeah, alas, aargh, bah, because, boo, certainly, damn, geez, grrr, hey, lame and 34 more...
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brandonlarkin's Words
beefmunkular, defenestrate, brownsmurf, beautimous, melancholia, sparkle, possum, lechery, intenuendo, preemptive, love, heavy and 8 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for huh.
chained_bear Yeah, it really is! I feel similarly about "Heh." Aug 14, 2008
whichbe Somehow I intermittently strongly love or hate this word when people respond to me with it, depending on my mood. It's such a grunt! Aug 14, 2008
bilby Uhh. Jul 23, 2008
yarb 'A God of Love - huh!'
- Peter Reading, C, 1984 Jul 23, 2008