eh
exclamation/eɪ/
/eɪ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually huh)
- the sound that people make when they want somebody to repeat something
- ‘I'm not hungry.’ ‘Eh?’ ‘I said I'm not hungry.’
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- the sound that people make when they want somebody to agree or reply
- So what do you think, eh?
- the sound people make when they are surprised
- Another new dress, eh!
Word Originnatural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 16th cent.
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