pfffff.

v.  to explode into thin air.

<“It’s a plunger,” Stacey whispered.  “If Papa presses down on it, the whole forest will go pfffff!”  —Mildred D. Taylor, Song of the Trees.>

PFFFFFFT.

n.  a “Bronx cheer,” i.e., a disapproving sound.

<[H]e shpritzed a Bronx cheer, a loud, wet “PFFFFFFT!” right into my ear, and laughed.  “Hmm” I nodded, thoughtfully.  “Not bad, but how do you spell it?”  He thought for a second and shpritzed me with four quicker, quieter Bronx cheers: “Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft.”  Not bad for four and a half years old.  And I had no idea PFFFFFFT was a four-letter word.  —Joel Siegel, Lessons for Dylan: From Father to Son.>

Pfffffft.

n.  an expletive.

<He thought for a second and shpritzed me with four quicker, quieter Bronx cheers: ‘Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft.’ ... And I had no idea PFFFFFFT was a four-letter word.  —Joel Siegel, Lessons For Dylan>

pffffft.

n.  the sound of a .22 caliber long-rifle cartridge being fired.

<The target stood absolutely still for just a moment, and Ted, almost casually, squeezed off the round.  The only sounds were the pffffft of the firing and the tinkle of window glass as the copper-jacketed round passed through it.  —Stuart Woods, Dirty Work.>

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