Word Finder - huh

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(with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

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Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.

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Used to express doubt or confusion.

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Huh? Where did they go?

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(with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

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Where were you last night? Huh?

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(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.

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(agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"

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(with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

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Huh? Could you speak up?

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(with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

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It's getting kind of late, huh?

Huh, I guess I hadn't thought about that.

Huh, she was supposed to be back at four.

Once you have your luscious hand crafted wine (sounds better than homemade, huh?) bottled and aged, see what other home winemakers think by entering it in the Wine Maker International Amateur Wine Making Competition.

I guess that means DeLeo won a cup of coffee, huh?

However, a mismatched rhythm and word combination leaves the fans scratching their heads saying "huh?" as the cheerleaders try to draw them in.

So you're on a first name basis with him, huh?

Sarah gasped, "Wow, I guess that will be the last time you try to stay away, huh?"

The prints were clean, huh?

You're glad I'm back, huh?

You think I'm smart, huh?

I guess I'm busted, huh?

I guess that doesn't show me as a sensitive and loving husband, huh?

So I've got two choices, take it or leave it, huh?

One night of vamp sex and you're a friggin' expert now, huh?

The bottled stuff is pretty good, huh?

She giggled, "So this was your plan all along, get me up here and have your way with me, huh?"

You want the John Doe they fished out of the bay, huh?

He ain't her husband, huh?

She does it better than me, huh?

Doesn't like you, huh?

However, I suppose you don't wear sports apparel too huh?

Wow 8 weeks and you are doing good huh?

Hey ur friends dont seem to ever get bored huh?

Events include watermelon seed spitting contest and the crowning of a Thump Queen, sounds attractive huh?

Amazing what you can find doing online dating huh?

Pretty tasty huh... You wanna play it don't you?

Hmmm sounds a bit like victorian England come back huh?

Perhaps I should've suggested it whilst I was there huh!

So what is with all this XP on an iMac stuff huh?

Shame you got to have at least some sort of qualification to work in a school huh!

S orry guys, better luck next year huh?

Tell someone you're confused with a lot more style than a message saying, "huh?" would show.

Sometimes they will work wonderfully, but other times they end up with that proverbial "huh?" coming from the crowd.

Seems odd that you would need to do more measuring than to determine small, medium, large, etc, for support hose, huh?

In May 2004 Polly released her seventh album Uh Huh Her, and once again was received with high praise.

Just depends on who you're with, huh?

This is for real, huh?

That takes guts," Dean said, then added with a smile, "So goodie little Cynthia used to get her bum-bum paddled, huh?"

Just as this kid's leaving town, she puts this story on you, huh?

Kind of like me, huh?

You really think Fitzgerald chased Billy down the mountain, huh?

Huh... you seem to know him pretty well, why is that?

I guess we're just a couple of insomniacs, huh?

But you didn't catch me, huh?

Huh. You are a wealth of information, Miss Sidwell.