ffftt.

v.  to ejaculate, as in the song “The Big Black Bull” (“He missed his mark and ffftt in the pasture”), discussed in The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs by Ed Cray; see also pfft.

fft.

interj.  a scoff, as in the story “Hidden” by Elisabeth Kuijl.


interj.  an expression of impatience.

<“Can you not climb?” he demanded.  “I ... m ... my legs are so numb.”  “Fft,” said Becket, and without further ado lifted Ames up under the armpits and hauled him over while his numb feet scrabbled at the spikes.  —Patricia Finney, Unicorn’s Blood.>

n.  the name of a man with a glass head in the story “The Glass Head” by Vera Searles.


n.  the sound of a gun trigger.

<I thumbed the trigger, a soft *fft* and a loud *CRACK* as the shell impacted and fractured the slate chalkboard, spiderwebbing it.  —John Berryhill, “New Worlds Awaiting.”>

n.  the sound of a typewriter, as in the play Words, Words, Words by David Ives.


n.  the sound of an object whirring through the air.

<Make a sound effect like Zorro’s sword moving through the air, roughly like fft.  —Scott Adams, Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel: A Guide to Outwitting Your Boss, Your Coworkers, and the Other Pants-Wearing Ferrets in Your Life.>

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