pffff.

n.  the sound of bullets piercing a wall.

<[I]t could have been a train whistle, a few sharp pffffs into the air, but then there was plaster falling off the ceiling and smoke everywhere until you felt it could be Hallowe’en. ... And another shot, yes, that’s what it was, bullet holes through the wall, and gunsmoke.  —Annie Callan, Taf: A Novel.>

n.  the sound of dismissal, abandonment.

<“We used to have many gods.  The people thought that a god, if properly worshipped, should serve them and bring luck.  If he didn’t, then ... pffff.”  He made an outward sweeping motion with his hands, and grinned.  “The god would be abandoned, and a new one chosen.”  —Candice Proctor, Beyond Sunrise.>

pffff ffffft.

(also pfff fffft.)  v.  to disappear.

<[T]hen pffff! ffffft! off this guy goes.”  “Pfff! Fffft! is the way he’ll go all right,” said Mr. Garble.  —Walter R. Brooks, Freddy Plays Football.>

pfffff.

interj.  a dismissive sound meaning “no way” (Cameron West, First Person Plural: My Life as a Multiple).

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