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fee-faw-fum

fee-faw-fum interjection: a nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.

Interjection

  1. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
    • Fee-Faw-Fum!——
      I ſmell the Blood of an Engliſh-Man;
      Whether he be alive or dead,
      I'll grind his Bones to make my Bread.1734, Dick Merryman [pseudonym; unknown], “CHAP IV. […] the Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean […] ”, in Round about our Coal Fire: or, Chriſtmas Entertainments., 4th edition, London: J....
    Synonyms:
    fee-fi-fo-fum

Noun

fee-faw-fum (plural fee-faw-fums)

  1. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
    • The kindly fee-faw-fums of childhood, how many delicious shivers we owe them; the Things that stood behind doors, that trooped into the church when the congregation went out, that lurked in closet corners and under the bed […]1908, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 102, page 823
  2. (archaic, broadly) Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
    • J. H. Newman
      impudent fee-faw-fums
    • One of the most successful fee-faw-fums worked off on the prospective patients of mine for the past twenty-five years has been: “If you go to Tilden, he will starve you to death.”1921, J. H. Tilden, Food: Its Influence As a Factor in Disease and Health, page 153

fee-faw-fum meaning in Tamil

fee-faw-fum in Tamil

குழந்தைகளை அச்சுறுத்தும் பொருளற்ற சொல்

Synonyms of fee-faw-fum

Forms of fee-faw-fum

pluralfee-faw-fums

Questions about fee-faw-fum

What does fee-faw-fum mean?
Fee-faw-fum means a nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
What is fee-faw-fum in Tamil?
Fee-faw-fum in Tamil is குழந்தைகளை அச்சுறுத்தும் பொருளற்ற சொல். See Fee-faw-fum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fee-faw-fum?
Fee-faw-fum can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near fee-faw-fum in the dictionary

  1. fee simple subject to executory limitation
  2. fee simples determinable
  3. fee splitting
  4. fee splittings
  5. fee tail
  6. fee-faw-fum
  7. fee-faw-fums
  8. fee-fees
  9. fee-fi-fo-fum
  10. fee-for-service
  11. fee-simple

Source and license

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