tfui

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interjection

representative of the sound of spitting

Scrabble 7

Meanings

interjection
  1. representative of the sound of spitting

    "Business is business, but this man, captain, he make me very sick. Tfui!"

    1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page v. 28
    1 more example

    Tfui. Tfui. Tfui. She spit softly three times to ward off the evil eye, then lay down again moaning and twisting, trying to find sleep[.]

    1952, Sholem Aleichem, Wandering Star, page 43
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APA

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Chicago

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