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.
   • 2018, Tommy Orange, “Orvil Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 125:

     “ […] You remember that lump I got? I felt something poking out of it. So I pulled, like, I just pulled one out, put it on some folded-up toilet paper, then went back in and got another one. Then one more after that. I’m pretty sure they’re spider legs,” Orvil says. ¶ “Pfffffft,” Loother says and laughs. At which point Orvil shows him a neat pile of folds of toilet paper.

3. (onomatopoeia) Used to signify a puffing sound.
4. (onomatopoeia) The sound of a short fart.

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?"

See also

• pff
• poof