huh
Meaning of huh
interjection
- (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
- Used to express doubt or confusion.
Huh? Where did they go?
- (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
Where were you last night? Huh?
- (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.
(agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"
- (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
Huh? Could you speak up?
- (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.
It's getting kind of late, huh?
Information about huh
- The plural form of huh is: huhs.
- Languages in which huh is used:
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Hyphenation of huh
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- huh is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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