pshaw
Use Pshaw in a sentence
interjection
1.
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
verb (used without object)
3.
to say “pshaw.”
verb (used with object)
4.
to say “pshaw” at or to.
Origin:
1665–75
1665–75
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| —interj | |
| rare an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc | |
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Pshaw
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
Example sentences
Pshaw, think no more of him, but trust to occurrences for success.
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