uh-huh

[uh-huh] or [um-hum] {adv.}, {informal}

Yes. — Used only in speech or when recording dialogue.

* /Are you going to the Fair? Uh-huh./

* /We were in Alaska, um-hum, but that was long before the earthquakes./

* /When I asked for an appointment, the nurse said, "Um-hum, I have an opening at four o'clock on Friday."/

Contrast: HUH-UH.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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