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
- Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.
- Uh, who was that?
- 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)
- An occurrence of the interjection "uh".
Anagrams
- HU, Hu, hu
Dutch
Pronunciation
Interjection
uh
- er, uh
Epigraphic Mayan
Noun
uh
- (astronomy) moon
Romanian
Interjection
uh
- 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
- 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
- Romanization of 𒄴 (uḫ)
Yucatec Maya
Noun
uh
- moon
Related terms
- chiʼibal uh