eh
/ɛ/ interjection B1- In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. · —I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what?
- In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion. · —You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking!
- An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker. · I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.
- Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh. · —Do you feel like going out tonight? —Eh, I don't know.
- Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh. · —Why is it like this? —Eh, It's like that eh.
From the library
Standing at a safe distance, the Wolf exclaimed, “You have unrighteously taken that which was mine from me!” To which the Lion jeeringly replied, “It was righteously yours, eh?
“What have you been doing all this time, eh?”
Perhaps I shall get the credit also at some distant day, when I permit my zealous historian to lay out his foolscap once more—eh, Watson?
And who instructed you, eh?”
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