huh

interjection

 a grunt articulated as a syllabic  m,

 or  with a voiceless onset n,

or as the syllable

ˈhə 

 or  ˈhəⁿ,

 often ending in a glottal stop, and uttered with a range of intonations  ;

often read as

ˈhə 

—used to express surprise, disbelief, or confusion, or as an inquiry inviting affirmative reply

Examples of huh in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Doesn't sound half-bad, huh? more on hilton head 02 of 15 Fripp Island Only three and a half miles long and about a half-mile wide, Fripp Island is a sanctuary worth seeing. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2024

Oregon, Indiana, this game right here, missing maybe one more huh? —Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 5 Jan. 2024

The present-day additions make the whole thing feel a little like Cincinnati, which, huh. – Christian D’Andrea 28. —– Andrew Joseph, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2023

Uh huh, so Hilbert was a great mathematician of this — maybe a little bit later generation but not much later. —Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023

Damn, Marco is really dragging his boss on Day One, huh? Classic office-fish-out-of-water shot of Marco walking directly into a glass door. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 3 July 2023

These ghost and vampire tours look pretty cool, huh? Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 19 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina This beach has all the major components of a good vacation spot, including water and amusement parks. —Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 20 Apr. 2023

Phoebe Waller-Bridge really digs archaeologists, huh? —Vulture, 28 Jan. 2023

Also: Bane, already a cornerstone for the Grizzlies, would have fit in pretty well here, huh? —Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023

Word History

Etymology

imitative of a grunt

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing huh

• uh-huh