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phfft

phfft is the alternative spelling of pfft.

Meaning of pfft

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.

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Questions about phfft

What is phfft the alternative spelling of?
Phfft is the alternative spelling of pfft.

Words near phfft in the dictionary

  1. PHEVLERs
  2. PHEVs
  3. phew
  4. phewee
  5. PHF
  6. phfft
  7. PHG
  8. phht
  9. phi
  10. Phi Bete
  11. Phi Betes

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