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eh

interjection

  1. request for confirmation
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /eɪ/ / /e/ / /ɛ/

adj

  1. Initialism of emotionally handicapped.

adv

Etymology: A reduced form of ain't.

  1. Used to negate the following verb; (am/are/is/do/does) not.

    And she: "Ay man, watch you one foot ass. Wen I want a man, I want a good man. Me eh want man like you."

intj

Etymology: Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.

  1. an attention grabber

    Eh, come here!

    Eh, what do you have?

  2. A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval.

name

  1. Initialism of Eastern Hemisphere (travel within or between IATA areas 2 and 3).

noun

  1. Initialism of epididymal hypertension.

particle

Etymology: From Hokkien 咧 (--leh), with the l dropped.

  1. Alternative form of leh.

symbol

  1. redox potential (in volts).

verb

Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”). The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.

  1. To use the interjection eh.