uh
interjection
ˈə 
usually with prolonged ə
chiefly US, informal
—used to express hesitation
Do you want to, uh, go out sometime?
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Your Kentucky colleague, Thomas Massie, obviously was uh the force that brought -- that forced this res -- this release.
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ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
Selfishness, suicide, and Scrabble are fair game before all becomes calm and, uh, not so bright.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Social-media companies have been allowed to devise their own age-verification strategies, and X has reportedly entrusted the task to Grok, its, uh, mercurial AI.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Well, uh, yeah, that's, those are, those are really good.
—Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2025
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ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
Selfishness, suicide, and Scrabble are fair game before all becomes calm and, uh, not so bright.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
Social-media companies have been allowed to devise their own age-verification strategies, and X has reportedly entrusted the task to Grok, its, uh, mercurial AI.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Well, uh, yeah, that's, those are, those are really good.
—Outside Online, 17 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uh
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“Uh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uh. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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