uh
/ʌ/, /ə/ exclamation (also um /ʌm/, /əm/)Definition
› the written form of the sound people sometimes make when they pause in speaking, thinking of what to say next or how to say it: I try not to, uh, rely on my parents.
(Definition of uh exclamation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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