huh
- Interjection. With falling pitch, used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
- Interjection. With any pitch, used to express doubt or confusion.
- Interjection. With rising pitch, used to reinforce a question.
- Interjection. (slang) (Shortening of the slang "I know, 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.
- Interjection. (informal) With rising pitch, used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
- Interjection. (informal) With falling pitch, used to create a tag question.
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