phpht

P3H4P3H4T1
US, UK/fft/

A form of pht — Used to signify mild annoyance or disagreement.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativerareAlternative form of pht.

    "Phpht! Eat your noodle soup, and don't pay no attention to that there foolishness."

    1995, Richard Hoffman, Half the house: a memoir
    3 more examples

    […] uplift bra . . . odourless hair removing cream . . . phpht! Twenty-four hour deodorant . . . slimming pills . . . contraceptive pills […]

    1991, Franca Rame, Dario Fo, Stuart Clink Hood, A woman alone & other plays

    > But... some of us do have to work for a living. As a result our dog(s) >must be left for 8 hrs per day by themselves. :-( Yeah, phpht. Working...phpht.

    1993, Cindy Tittle Moore, “Dogs or Humans as Canine Companions”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet)

    “Phpht!” Bravegart spit out. “Okay, Stonah, a trade it is. You give them one of your feathers. A feather for an arrow. […]

    2003, Mark Fidler, Blaze of the Great Cliff, page 39
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APA

phpht. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phpht

MLA

“phpht.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phpht. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phpht,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phpht.

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