Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt, or indifference.
Wiktionary
- interj. Word used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- interj. Word expressing doubt or confusion.
- interj. Word used to reinforce a question.
- interj. Word used solely as a response, in order to express either complete agreement with or to belittle the issuer of a statement or infrequently a question. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings. When used in agreement, the intonation is friendly and non-confrontational.
- interj. Informally, used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
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 285 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 107 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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Interjections spelled with only H's and vowels
ha!, aha!, ho ho ho!, hee hee!, oho!, uh-oh, heh, heh-heh, oh, ah, huh, eh and 12 more...
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