Uh

//ʌː// intj, noun, slang

intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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 prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of a (“The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”). alt-of, alternative, informal
Intj
  1. 1
    Expression of thought, confusion, or uncertainty.

    "Uh, who was that?"

  2. 2
    Space filler or pause during conversation.

    "Uh, let me see..."

Synonyms

All synonyms
emerermum

Example

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"Uh..., where's the post office?"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

uh oh

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