Huh

Word HUH
Character 3
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /hʌ/

Definitions and meanings of "Huh"

What do we mean by huh?

Used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt, or indifference. interjection

Used to express amusement or subtle surprise. interjection

Used to express doubt or confusion. interjection

Used to reinforce a question. interjection

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. interjection

Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. interjection

Used to create a tag question. interjection

(with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

Used to express doubt or confusion.

(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

(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.

(with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

(with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Huh

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The word "huh" in example sentences

I know maybe only the ultra wealthy should have the privaliage to drive, the working people can ride horses again huh? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cant tell the difference between weather and climate again huh? ❋ Unknown (2010)

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? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anonymous thinks .. ah what a world we live in huh? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The emphatic "huh" - if you ask someone a specific question related to a statement they made previously and they answer you with a "huh." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Uh, huh, that is the only way they could figure that out. ❋ EliRabett (2010)

For example, the herb Bo He pronounced baw huh, which is peppermint, can stimulate cellular vibration in the liver. ❋ Dr. (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If its Not Hillary im voting for mcCain (Bushs 3 rd term huh?) alot of you are very Dumb. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yea right, uh huh, that is EXACTLY what Dean Koontz would say. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We had a beloved Australian Shepherd for years -- Shep (creative name huh?). ❋ Unknown (2008)

He may have left the beach, originally, with no intention of seeing her at all; wanted to go to what Mr Cecil calls the huh-ha, or something. ❋ Brand, Christianna, 1907- (1955)

I had the chance to taste my dinner companion's bean and beef burrito and although I have to confess that is not my favorite Mexican dish, it was favorable and overall very tasty (nice word huh?). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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