pfft
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]pfft
- Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.
- 1965 Peter De Vries — Let Me Count the Ways
- 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
- Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement.
- (onomatopoeia) Used to signify a puffing sound.
Noun
[edit]pfft (plural pffts)
- A short puffing sound.
- 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 28:
- "Are we talking a delicate little Scandinavian pfft, or the whole raspberry tart?"