phhbbppt.

n.  a spurt of breath, as to blow something away from one’s face; see also pffft.

<Pffft.  What’s the deal with this damn phhbbppt tassel?  —Scott R. Kurtz, “PvP.”>

phhhbt.

n.  end of communication, as in “The Conspiracy of Dir en Grey” by Hidoko Matsumoto.

phhhh.

interj.  a dismissive expression.

<Nobody calls me on the house-phone line, not now that I’ve got my cell phone.  Phhhh, I’m not answering it.  —Grace Dent, LBD: It’s a Girl Thing.>

phhhhh.

n.  a grunt, as when straining under the weight of a barbell.

<“Phhhhh.”  Clank.  The pope drops the barbell onto the Y rest over his head.  —Ethan Coen, Gates of Eden.>

phht.

v.  to dribble.

<Sometimes I think it is going to be a great one, and then it just sort of pffts out—there just isn’t enough flow.  —Lou Paget, Orgasms: How to Have Them, Give Them, and Keep Them Coming.>

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