pshaw
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- spelling pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈpʃɔː/, enPR: pshô; IPA(key): /ˈʃɔː/, enPR: shô
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː
Interjection
[edit]pshaw
- Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. [from 17th c.]
- Pshaw! I can't believe it!
- 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, “chapter 13”, in The Pioneers:
- "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady
- 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
- 'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.
- 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y., Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
- "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him."
"Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.
- 1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:
- Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.
Alternative forms
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (indicating disapproval): pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
- (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
Translations
[edit]indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief
Verb
[edit]pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)
- (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".