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- pfflrrt.
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(also pffllrrrt.) n. a “disgusting” bodily sound, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.

- pffsssh.
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interj. a sigh of annoyance, as in the story “Snow” by Tea Benduhn, Testimonies: Lesbian and Bisexual Coming-Out Stories.

- pfft.
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adj. deflated.

 | <[A]t fifty-five [miles per hour], all her buoyancy would go suddenly pfft—like a flat tire. —Wolfgang Langewiesche, America from the Air: An Aviator’s Story.> |
adj. done in.

 | <“[You are a] sacrificial lamb. You are the rider they bring in, bring along too fast, put in too many big races he’s not ready for or able to ride and then ... pfft.” He waved a hand absently to the side. “You and the team are history.” —Greg Moody, Two Wheels: A Cycling Murder Mystery.> |
adj. gone without a trace.

 | <When they’ve gone, nothing left, not a particle, zero, pfft! —Jean Genet, The Screens.> |
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