uh

English Online Dictionary. What means uh‎? What does uh mean?

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeia of the natural expression of thought. Compare with er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌː/
• Rhymes: -ʌ

Interjection

uh

1. Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.

   Uh, who was that?

2. Space filler or pause during conversation.

   Uh, let me see...

Usage notes

• May be extended by repeating the letter u or h to express increasingly severe confusion:

Translations

See also

• er
• erm
• um
• uh-oh
• oh

Noun

uh (plural uhs)

1. An occurrence of the interjection "uh".

Anagrams

• HU, Hu, hu

Dutch

Pronunciation

Interjection

uh

1. er, uh

Epigraphic Mayan

Noun

uh

1. (astronomy) moon

Romanian

Interjection

uh

1. Obsolete form of uf.

References

• uh in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/, /uː/
• Homophone: u

Interjection

uh

1. Used to express disappointment or disdain.

Further reading

• “uh”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

uh

1. Romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ)

Yucatec Maya

Noun

uh

1. moon

Related terms

• chiʼibal uh