Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express or indicate a usually sudden disappearance or ending.
Wiktionary
- interj. Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance
- interj. Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement
Examples
“He barely got his pants down before his sphincter relaxed, ever so slightly, which allowed a brief "pfft" to escape before the contents of his colon shot forth, much like the waters of a broken dam.”
“What you won't get is a quiet 'pfft' however - the level of sound moderation isn't super quiet like it is in the films - you DO get a thump, and if the bullet is supersonic (200m head shot, it better be), you're going to get a 'crack' from that.”
“And only a couple hundred murders ..... pfft, I am so worth more than that .... hey do you live on a pig farm? angdesj”
“TunaFish (UID#918) on September 11th, 2009 at 5: 15 pm pfft, its obvious that its got a silencer”
“To have gone all that way, done all the work, made all the announcements, and then pfft.”
Princesses Never Give Up, Until They Totally Do - Her Bad Mother
“Again, pfft, not a factor to consider for this legislature.”
The Huffington Post: Rita M. Solnet: Scorecard of Latest Education Deforms in the Sunshine State
“My comp is blocking or not showing this image. pfft.”
“I bet Luntz would have suggested that if it were the Dems that proposed that. pfft.”
“He's in a big hurry! la fromagerie = cheese dairy, cheese shop la pintade = a pheasantlike bird, a type of guinea fowl la tomate séchée = sundried tomato pfft or pfut (exclamation) = bah! ça lui apprendra la patience!”
“(Kind of like when the fireworks make tons of noise going up and then pfft — nothing!)”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pfft’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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unemphasized interjections
technically interjections, but usually not part of any emotive exclamation
okey-doke, ho-hum, welp, big deal, bother, hmm, iunno, mmkay, nah, crumbs, bummer, pfft and 12 more...
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 58 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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sound words
Words that convey a sound or noise or an expression one makes.
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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ifea_need_help's Words
irk, porn, woot, pfft, fuck, swelter, homonculus, astronomical, booboo, capitulate, liquidation, pendulum and 30 more...
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Disemvoweled
vlk, nth, psst, crwth, �?tvrthrst, tsk, hm, shh, cwm, pfft, vrh, prst and 4 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate sounds.
bam, bamf, bang, boom, snikt, ping, plink, plonk, boing, whoosh, kaboom, crash and 68 more...
Tweets
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