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uh^¹

/ʌː/
/ə/

Rhymes with -ʌ

Where it comes from

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

interjection

Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty. Uh, who was that?
Expression of discomfort or reservation; a hesitation preceding awkward information or innuendo. He's receiving some, uh, special attention from the manager.
Space filler or pause during conversation. Uh, let me see...

noun uhs

An occurrence of the interjection "uh". Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohib

uh^²

article

colloquial, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of a Gimme uh dollar.

uh^³

/ˈʌ/

noun

alternative, informal Alternative form of a (“The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fram, buhl, jee, mee, um, umm, ummm, uhm, er, err, ah, eh, hm, hmm, mmm, huh

Translations

Every language

intj expression of confusion or uncertainty

Español	eh
한국어	저어 jeo'eo
日本語	あのう anō, ええと ēto, え e, うーん ūn
中文	呃 è, e
Português	hã
Français	euh
Deutsch	äh
Italiano	uh, boh
Română	ă
Русский	гм gm, гм hm, хм xm

intj space filler or pause during conversation

Español	eh, este
한국어	어 eo, 저어 jeo'eo
日本語	あのう anō, ええと ēto, えー ē, うーん ūn
中文	呃 è, e, 啊 ā, 那個 /那个 nàge, nèige, 這個 /这个 zhège, zhèige
Português	hã, é
Français	euh
Deutsch	äh
Italiano	uh
Ελληνικά	ε e
Русский	э-э-э e-e-e, э-э e-e, ну nu
Tiếng Việt	ờ

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@misc{uh_2026,
  title = {uh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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