3-Letter Words Starting: HU

• (with falling pitch) used to express amusement or subtle surprise.

• Used to express doubt or confusion.

• (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.

• (with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.

• (with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.

• (with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.

• an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

• the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

• a humming noise

• sing with closed lips

• be noisy with activity

• sound with a monotonous hum

• make a low continuous sound

• the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

• a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve

• The first beat of a 4/4 military cadence, commanding either the lead-off step in a march or some other action.

• a tight or amorous embrace

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• fit closely or tightly

• temporary military shelter

• small crude shelter used as a dwelling

• the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

• take on color or become colored

• suffuse with color