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pfft

[p͡ɸːt]

pfft interjection: used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.

Interjection

  1. Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.
    • You'd never forgive yourself — and then you'd never forgive me, and then pfft, the end of a fine friendship.1965 Peter De Vries — Let Me Count the Ways
  2. Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement.
    • “[…] You remember that lump I got? I felt something poking out of it. So I pulled, like, I just pulled one out, put it on some folded-up toilet paper, then went back in and got another one. Then one more after that. I’m pretty sure they’re spider legs,” Orvil says. ¶ “Pfffffft,” Loother says and...2018, Tommy Orange, “Orvil Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 125
  3. (onomatopoeic) Used to signify a puffing sound.
  4. (onomatopoeic) The sound of a short fart.

Noun

pfft (plural pffts)

  1. A short puffing sound.
    • "Are we talking a delicate little Scandinavian pfft, or the whole raspberry tart?"2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 28

Forms of pfft

Interjection
alternative formpft
Noun
pluralpffts

Questions about pfft

What does pfft mean?
Pfft means used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.
What part of speech is pfft?
Pfft can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce pfft?
Pfft is pronounced [p͡ɸːt].

Words near pfft in the dictionary

  1. pfenning
  2. pfennings
  3. pff
  4. PFFD
  5. pfff
  6. pfft
  7. pffts
  8. pfg.
  9. PFGE
  10. pfgs.
  11. PFI

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