eh
[ey, e]
- (an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
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Examples from the Web for eh
Contemporary Examples
The year will start bleakly—really going out on a limb there, eh?
Obamacare, Impeachment, Iran, and More Political Predictions for 2014Michael Tomasky
December 30, 2013
Would have been nice if they'd been anywhere close to this skeptical back in 2003, eh?
It just ended with them in heaven and it was like, “Eh, okay.”
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June 28, 2013
And finally, according to our neocon war caucus, we're supposed to let this guy bomb Iran, eh?
We actually had a hypothetical phone call brought up before the candidates were asked about a real crisis, such as, eh, Mexico.
Historical Examples
Why did you pretend to me that you and your wife were alone in the room—when you had that there with you, eh?
Within the LawMarvin Dana
And you think Mortimer has turned out something like that; eh, Mike?
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
We'll have a champagne supper, with cider for champagne, eh, dad?
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
It is the fashion nowadays to postpone budgets as long as we can,—eh?
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
You couldn't have done much better yourself, could you—eh—could you?'
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
eh1
- an exclamation used to express questioning surprise or to seek the repetition or confirmation of a statement or questionEh? What did you say?
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eh2
- Western Sahara
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Word Origin and History for eh
1560s as an exclamation of sorrow; with questions, from 1773.
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