Huh
intj, name, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Used to express doubt or confusion.
"Huh? Where did they go?"
- 2 Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
"Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left."
- 3 Used to reinforce a question.
"Where were you last night? Huh?"
- 4 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. slang
"(belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park; it would be fun." B: "Huh.""
- 5 Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. informal
"Huh? Could you speak up?"
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- 6 Used to create a tag question. informal
"It's getting kind of late, huh?"
- 7 Representing the sound of heavy breathing. onomatopoeic
"He broke into a dogtrot and ran by us. I don't think he saw us. His voice was coming in little puffs, huh, huh, huh, but he probably didn't notice that either."
- 8 Representing a chuckling sound. onomatopoeic
"Mr. [Lambert] Wilson says this with a soft chuckle, sounding a bit like huh huh huh."
- 9 A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.
"Shawn quickly turns around and punches the pale hand, yelling "Huh! Huh! Hi yah'! Huh! Get off me! Yeah!""
- 1 A surname.
- 2 The station code of Hung Hom in Hong Kong.
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More examples"This robot does whatever I say. That's a big help when I'm too tired to do anything. Not too likely, huh?"
Etymology
Attested from circa 1600. Compare Dutch hè (“huh”).
Borrowed from Korean 허(許) (Heo).