phut

Interjection

1. A representation of the sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas; a representation of the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
   • So I brought out two or three conjuring tricks that I had purchased in town, and Broxby showed them off while I tried to play one or two tricks with cards; but, somehow or another, when Mrs. Major Carruthers drew a card, I had forgotten the trick, and she had to draw another card which she dropped...1867, George Manyille Fenn, “A Horror of Horrors”, in Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches For The Season, Lodnon: George Routledge and Sons, page 94
   • "Phut." Something whipped into the ground beside him and there was a pinpoint flash from the cabin. "B-o-i-n-g-g-g." There was another flash and the bullet hit the rail and whined off into the night.1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100

Noun (1)

phut (plural phuts)

1. The sound made by a sudden release of steam or gas; the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
   • There was a sharp ‘phut’, no louder than a bubble of air escaping from a tube of toothpaste. No other noise at all, and suddenly Le Chiffre had grown another eye, a third eye on a level with the other two, right where the thick nose started to jut out below the forehead.1953, Ian Fleming, “A Crag-like Face”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 129
   • Even an expensive cracker can go off with a phut, not a bang, and burst to reveal one paper hat, one tired motto and a piece of plastic jewellery.1980, Gillian Cooke, A Celebration of Christmas

Verb

phut (third-person singular simple present phuts, present participle phutting, simple past and past participle phutted)

1. To produce such a sound.

Noun (2)

phut (uncountable)

1. A Polish type of syrup made of sugar beet juice.