pshaw

[shaw]

pshaw

[shaw]
interjection
1.
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pshaw!”

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Pshaw is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
to spend time idly; loaf.
to flee; abscond:
verb (used without object)
3.
to say “pshaw.”
verb (used with object)
4.
to say “pshaw” at or to.

Origin:
1665–75
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pshaw (pʃɔː)
 
interj
rare an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc

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