pshaw

alternative psshaw · alternative pshah · alternative psha

1. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief.First known use 17th c.

   Pshaw! I can't believe it!

   5 more examples

   "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady

   1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 13, in The Pioneers

   'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.

   1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC

   "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.

   1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC

   ‘Pshaw! left him!’ Dan said, throwing himself full length on the sofa, ‘I’d sooner work for a blackfellow!’

   1911, Steele Rudd, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 68

   Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

   1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World

   Synonyms: pht, psh, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht

present singular third person pshaws · participle present pshawing · participle past pshawed · past pshawed · alternative psshaw · alternative pshah · alternative psha

1. intransitiveTo express disgust or contempt by saying “pshaw”.