pfft

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p͡ɸːt]

Interjection

pfft

  1. 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.
  2. Used to signify sarcasm or disagreement.
  3. (onomatopoeia) Used to signify a puffing sound.

Noun

pfft (plural pffts)

  1. 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?"

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