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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. interj. Used to express relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. An exclamation of disgust, weariness, or surprise.

Wiktionary

  1. interj. Used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust.

Etymologies

  1. An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation one makes when some trying situation is over. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Goodreads manages to keep me updated with your shelf, and phew, that is one hell of a shelf! on June 19, 2009 at 2: 16 pm | Reply Lauren”

    Waxing poetic. «

  • “You want to join in on the worlds collective "phew" and "YAY", I know...but let's look at today's M.i.”

    Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites

  • “I was like, "phew" then it was our stop and we got off and laughed our heads off.”

    withkerth Diary Entry

  • “The trees were nearly bare now and outside starlings made electric chirps and a noise that Cal could only think of as a whistled 'phew'.”

    Cal

  • “A sharp 'phew' followed by some tongue clicking, and the offer came.”

    Bonecrack

  • “The author of it pulled open the door and the whistle tailed off into a faint "phew" at sight of the embarrassed group.”

    Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker

  • “She would stay in the room a few seconds, look at the bottles of medicine, and purse her lips as if she were saying "phew," and then would suddenly exclaim: "Oh, I forgot something very important," and would run out of the room leaving behind her a fragrance of choice toilet perfumes.”

    Original Short Stories — Volume 13

  • “German's good temper, for he shook the drops from his plumed hat with a merry "phew," gaily introducing himself to his comrades as an envoy from the Pollviller regiment.”

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works

  • “With that, Mr Clare went from the room, and Harry, with a low, long, whistled "phew," sought his bed disconsolately.”

    Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors

  • “But the next time I just had to reset the timer to 00: 00 and was like "phew".”

    Game Producer Blog

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