/ eɪ; NAmE / exclamation ( BrE ) ( NAmE usually huh )
1.
the sound that people make when they want sb to repeat sth :
'I'm not hungry.' 'Eh?' 'I said I'm not hungry.'
2.
the sound that people make when they want sb to agree or reply :
So what do you think, eh?
3.
the sound people make when they are surprised :
Another new dress, eh!
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WORD ORIGIN
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the mid 16th cent.