Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Informal Used to express disagreement or an answer in the negative.
Wiktionary
- interj. informal no
Examples
“Eight to one, the court said, uh-uh, we're not creating new classes of speech.”
NPR: Freedom Of Speech, Consumer Interests On High Court Agenda
“Ms. RODRIGUEZ: Well, here, you know, in its simplest terms, the federal government is saying, uh-uh, states - you know, Arizona, you can't do this.”
NPR: Freedom Of Speech, Consumer Interests On High Court Agenda
“We all have stuff in our family, and we usually say, uh-uh, not going there.”
The Washington Post: All things reconsidered: NPR's Michele Norris tells her family's complete story
“Prefered the original headline, Mr M, and you've set up "OK so we are different" very nicely, but in the words of the prophetess that don't impress me much (uh-uh huh-huh)”
“But babies, uh-uh, that wasn't in the cards at all!”
“Mines best, no mine is, uh-uh mine is, yours sux and you're going to hell unless you switch to mine...wah, wah, wah.”
TEXAS FAITH: Brit Hume and Tiger Woods | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
“GROSS: So did any of the ex-cons or the FBI consultant at any point say to you, uh-uh, you're doing it wrong, it's like this?”
“DaleBanks: My larger frame almost makes it a certainty that I could overcome you physically. sambot5k: perhaps if you return home now, you will find your mother bearing tissues for your tears sethlipkin: Oh baby, you're NOT going to win, uh-uh, unless your total score, in the end, exceeds mine.”
The Washington Post: Kevin Garnett's apology to Charlie Villanueva generates waves of trash talk
“And Time Warner is saying, uh-uh, not going to do it.”
“Nope uh-uh, Mr. Nope uh-uh by reasonableperson on Friday, Apr 10, 2009 at 11: 28: 57 PM”
Revive Lincoln's Monetary Policy: An open letter to President Obama
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uh-uh’.
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Reduples
Go for it, brothers and sisters! I personally have been suffering long for lack of an open reduplicatives list
happy clappy, bribble-brabble, diddle-daddle, hugger-mugger, kikiriki, Bora-Bora, mahi-mahi, jingle-jangle, knick-knack paddy..., chit-chat, bon-bon, clapperclaw and 292 more...
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Hyphenated Repeats
Exactly reduplicated words connected by a hyphen.
aye-aye, cleek-cleek, arc-arc, killy-killy, dum-dum, tom-tom, argon-argon, carbon-carbon, win-win, lose-lose, bye-bye, choo-choo and 113 more...
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EN - baby talk
neigh-neigh, super-duper, mumbo-jumbo, silly-billy, okey-dokey, topsy-turvy, binkie-winkie, ba-ba, bot-bot, pom-pom, kaka, aye-aye and 84 more...
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You Can Say That Again
dum-dum, dik-dik, doo-doo, aye-aye, bling-bling, bye-bye, boo-boo, buddy-buddy, frou-frou, gado-gado, gee-gee, gang-gang and 32 more...
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