puh
See also: puh.
English edit
Interjection edit
puh
- Alternative form of pugh
- 2010, John P. Anderson, Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, volume 4, page 82:
- He was sporting his inky Italian moustaches glistering with Vaseline and perfume. Puh! How uncommentable!
Synonyms edit
- (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
- (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
See also edit
References edit
- “puh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.
Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
puh!
- pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
- phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
puh
- Alternative form of puuh
Further reading edit
- “puh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Interjection edit
puh!
- phew!
Further reading edit
- “puh” in Duden online
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
puh
- Romanization of ꦥꦸꦃ
Mapudungun edit
Noun edit
puh (Raguileo spelling)
Portuguese edit
Interjection edit
puh
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)