phut
Britishnoun
adverb
Etymology
Origin of phut
C19: of imitative origin
Example Sentences
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Just after Barney whispered, "five minutes gone" there was an audible "phut" and the link went down.
From BBC • May 21, 2011
Big bang goes phut as bird drops baguette into Cern machinery 4.
From The Guardian • Mar. 21, 2010
Every now and then, sparks would fly out of the end of a skrewt, and with a small phut, it would be propelled forward several inches.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Then he ran over to another machine, a small shiny affair that kept going phut-phut-phut-phut-phut, and every time it went phut, a large green marble dropped out of it into a basket on the floor.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
They come with a "phut" and a bang that for sheer speed knocks spots off a flash of lightning.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
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