huh

Definitions


[hʌ], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used to express scorn, anger, or surprise
(e.g: ‘Huh,’ she snorted, ‘Over my dead body!’)


Phrases:

Origin:
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the early 17th century


[hʌ], (Noun)

Definitions:


Phrases:
- on the huh

Origin:
early 19th century (as all of a hoo): the original form arose as a result of reanalysis of the word ahoo (also meaning ‘askew’) as a noun phrase, i.e. as a hoo. The current form and spelling are first recorded in the 1970s




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