Usage notes

• "Uh-huh" can be used informally as an answer to a question.
• "Uh-huh" is often said while someone else is talking, in order to show that the listener is still interested or agrees with what the speaker is saying.
• "Uh-huh" can serve as an informal reply to thanks or an expression of gratitude.

Quotations

• 1914: Sinclair Lewis, Our Mr. Wrenn - "So? Lived there long?" "Uh-huh, I--" began Mr. Wrenn.