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Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of uh-huh. First Known Use of uh-huh , in the meaning defined above. But this mornin' I got a chance to size up the whole bunch, and nary one uh them jaspers I wanted t' see was in sight. But they only had enough saddle-stock along t' wrangle the bulls—an' I took three uh the best they had. Do I spell that "hun hun" correctly?
Copyright Senior Member Penang. There may be other variations. Just found uh-uh as well. Click to expand For me it's uh-uh for 'no', uh-huh for 'yes'. In speech, of course, they have quite different intonation patterns. Loob said:. I have to admit, every time I see this written in a book I never know whether it's supposed to be a positive un-hunh or a negative un-hunh or even an interrogative un-hunh.
The spelling is rather arbirtary, I find. English-Ireland top end. Both no syllables have a glottal beginning.
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