phut

See also: phút

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Interjection

phut

1. A sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas.
   • 1980, Gillian Cooke, A Celebration of Christmas:

     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.

   • 2007, Susan Gates, Beyond the Billboard:

     Then she heard the phut-phut-phut of an unfamiliar boat engine.

Verb

phut (third-person singular simple present phut, present participle t, simple past and past participle ed)

1. To produce such a sound.