psh.

interj.  an expression of ridicule.

<Psh... You played that two pair like my dead mother would.  —Brion Foulke, Flipside.>

n.  a sound effect for a fight sequence.

<The fights looked much more convincing with psh! sound effects, which they lifted from the original film.  —The Guardian, “Indiana Jones Rides Again.”>

pshhh.

n.  a sound made by a six-month-old baby, as described in the novel Edwin Mullhouse by Steven Millhauser.

pshhhhhhhhh.

n.  a sound made by a baby.

<He drops to a long pshhhhhhhhh, thinking. —Steven Millhauser, Edwin Mullhouse.>

pshht.

n.  a sound meaning “are you kidding?”

<“So were you nervous today?”  “Pshht!  Me?  I was cool as a cucumber,” lied Irvine with a dismissing wave of his hand.  —Teri Stearns, “Final Fantasy VIII: Champagne Kiss.”>

pshw.

interj.  an expression of impatience or contempt.  <Pshw, right!>

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