Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used in asking a question or in seeking repetition or confirmation of a statement.
- interjection Chiefly Canadian Used to ascertain or reinforce a listener's interest or agreement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An interrogative exclamation expressive of inquiry, doubt, or slight surprise.
- noun An abbreviation of
electrical horse power .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Used as a
tag question , to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. - interjection In isolation, a request for
repetition orclarification of what has just been said. Comparewhat ,pardon . - interjection Canada an interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker
- adjective informal Of
bad quality.
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* deeeee dooooooo** eh oh eh oh eh** ert kssssssssshhhhhhhh kssssssssssssshhhhhhh*
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eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh~ stop telefoning moi~ stop callin stop callin im dun huanna talk anymoars~
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Try to keep abreast of the title eh?, this thread's going tits up you know.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Tapos nung uwian eh akala pa namin eh naiwan kami ni Mica ng bus buti na lang nakita namin sina Kevin, Toptop, Meljune at Czedrick kasama si Sir Belandrez.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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You can tell it's a Canadian cigarette 'cause it ends in "eh".
Do these commercials make you want to smoke? The Nag 2009
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Better to protec the public from idiots like this than to allow them to risk our lives again eh? on October 28, 2009 at 4: 59 pm Tony F
Have You Heard The One About……. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Anyway last year same farm early season, .. thought I was sooting a BIG doe satning in eh thick stuff at 30 yds, .. got up to the deer and one antler was very screwed up growing flat down the side of his face the other was just a point, .. less than three inches
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Anyway last year same farm early season, .. thought I was sooting a BIG doe satning in eh thick stuff at 30 yds, .. got up to the deer and one antler was very screwed up growing flat down the side of his face the other was just a point, .. less than three inches
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Prison guards allowed you near a computer again eh hood ..?
jaymediane commented on the word eh
The Canadian word that can change any sentence into a question (no matter what).
October 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word eh
Do Canadian's use apostrophe's like this in normal situation's too?
;)
October 22, 2007
cricket commented on the word eh
eh?
February 3, 2008