Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express hesitation or uncertainty.
Wiktionary
- interj. US Expression of confusion or uncertainty.
- interj. US Space filler or pause during conversation.
- n. An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
Examples
“Ai haz had the pleshure of having bebbehs and sum tests maiself- iz educashunal to be on reseeving end of sum of dese treatments sumtimes- duz make u much more symp..uh, simp.. uh, unnerstanding of ur pashunts!”
u watch dis krap?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“uh bowt dat “soulforalleternity” ting …..uh…whel.. yew shure fur surten yew wanz da sole uv da mos ebil:evil:bengalboi in awl da wurl? et kums wiff awl da soles uv awl da poorlil kritturs keeled bai da ebil wun. williboi bee 10 nau an a berri, berri gud huntur – doze ayshun lepurrd kat jeans iz kwite straung inn hymn.”
Can’t talk now. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Yeah, uh, we were just kinda wonderin’, you know, if the public would, uh like, want to know if some killer asteroid were, uh HYPOTHETICALLY going to like, you know, hit us any minute or something like that.”
“Oh, and do another interview in ... uh ... the phone is ringing.”
“Mcgruff uh, is that tobey maguire south texas terror revenge of the nerds meets X-men directed by Seth Green hell no! Meli”
“They require constant and diligent user participation and the quality may vary wildly — starting with elements as simple as spelling (uh, is it “Hilton” or “Hillton”?).”
“But, uh, is there some escape clause here so that people can observe that Obama really is an extraordinarily gifted orator without sounding like jerks?”
“Bakura buh-COOR-uh from a Korean term for "outside" that I picked up in Tae Kwon Do”
“And the only reason I knew it wasn't pronounced "VADJ-in-uh" is because fortunately, my friend Regina became the target of some very nasty nicknames about school.”
“I never looked fer Whizzer t 'buck yuh off, I must say -- yuh got the name uh bein' sech a good rider, too.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uh’.
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uhhhhhh!
uh!, sometimes, i just cant stand..., but we all know t..., and that i tell a..., and no matter how..., i like you, i like you alot, and i want to be ..., but i know you do..., but truth is im w..., youve changed so ... and 39 more...
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Sounds often heard during a search fo...
um, er, hmm, ah, well, �?��?��?�, erm, uh, um-um-um, ehm, anu, gizmo and 11 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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Acceptable two-letter Scrabble words
aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as and 89 more...
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aparrish's Words
the, this, and, a, that, i, me, you, him, her, she, he and 96 more...
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I Live a (SOWPODS) Hardscrabble Life
aa, ad, ae, ah, ai, am, an, ar, as, at, aw, ax and 168 more...
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words of youth
whatever, dude, random, totally, uh, like, not, embarrass, yeah, sweet, cool, what the and 7 more...
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Filler Words
or, as some Speaking teachers say (I suspect to annoy me), "word whiskers"
um, umm, er, errr, hmm, hmmm, soooooo, yeah, and, like, well, uh and 18 more...
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Bigrams
Two-letter words that are common. For a full list of all possible 2-letter words, check out this list.
my, by, ay, ax, ew, aw, ix, it, at, is, as, ox and 39 more...
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2 Letter Scrabble Words
All playable 2 letter Scrabble words from OSPD4
aa, ab, ad, ae, ag, ah, ai, al, am, an, ar, as and 87 more...
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OSPD4 two-letter words
za, ye, ya, xu, xi, wo, we, ut, us, up, un, um and 88 more...
Tweets
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