uuh

Examples

• All

• And, uuh, thank you.

  What Maisie Knew (2013)

• So, you, uh... uuh!

  The End of Violence (1997)

• Uh, I was on... - I had to go over to Manny's to help... - Uuh, bullshit, Willis.

  Cookie's Fortune (1999)

• Uuh, nah.

  Fiction book (1996)

• - Yeah, um, let me get a soy latte... uuh... and why don't you go ahead and add a bunch of extra whip to that.

  Coffee Town (2013)

• Uuh, problem, guys. What's the problem?

• Uuh! All over me!

Synonyms

U

uh

vsuuh

• Informal

∞ 7.3

A short sound people make when they hesitate while speaking

is used to show thinking before responding rather than simple doubt

U

um

vsuuh

• Informal

∞ 4.1

A short sound people say when they pause to think

is focused on indicating thought before response rather than expressing doubt

U

umm

vsuuh

• Informal

96 8.8

A short sound people make when they pause to think

is used to show thinking before replying rather than only filling pauses

U

uhh

vsuuh

• Informal

41 9.5

A sound people use when they hesitate or are unsure

is about indicating thought before reply rather than expressing confusion

U

uhm

vsuuh

• Informal

35 9.8

A short sound people make when they pause to think

is used more generally for hesitation not only for pre answer thought

U

uhhh

vsuuh

• Informal

17 9.9

A sound people make when they hesitate while speaking

is tilted toward signaling thinking before answering rather than general uncertainty

U

uhhhh

vsuuh

• Informal

3 9.9

A sound people make when they hesitate or think

is mainly for marking pre reply thought rather than serving as a dialogue filler

O

ohhhh

vsuuh

• Informal

2 9.8

A long sound people make when thinking before they speak

is the neutral hesitation marker without exclamatory or buying time tone

How Hesitant

erm

• UK

65 9.9

um

• Informal

∞ 4.1

uuh

• Informal

6 9.9

uh

• Informal

∞ 7.3

Surface Forms

Etymology