pshaw
Pronunciation Interjection
  1. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
    Pshaw! I can't believe it!
    • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, ch. 13:
      "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady
    • 1838-1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, ch. 56:
      'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.
    • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company, ch. xxii:
      "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him."
      "Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.
    • 1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:
      "Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt."
Synonyms Translations
  • French: peuh
  • German: pah
  • Russian: тьфу
  • Spanish: bah
Verb

pshaw (pshaws, present participle pshawing; past and past participle pshawed)

  1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt.
Translations
  • Russian: фы́ркать



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