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tfui

tfui interjection: representative of the sound of spitting.

Interjection

  1. representative of the sound of spitting
    • "Business is business, but this man, captain, he make me very sick. Tfui!"1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 28
    • Tfui. Tfui. Tfui. She spit softly three times to ward off the evil eye, then lay down again moaning and twisting, trying to find sleep[.]1952, Sholem Aleichem, Wandering Star, page 43

Questions about tfui

What does tfui mean?
Tfui means representative of the sound of spitting.
What part of speech is tfui?
Tfui is an interjection.

Words near tfui in the dictionary

  1. TFT
  2. tftc
  3. TFTG
  4. TFTP
  5. TFTs
  6. tfui
  7. tfw
  8. tfym
  9. TG
  10. TG girl
  11. TG girls

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