pshaw

American  

[shaw] / ʃɔ /

interjection

1. (used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)

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noun

1. an exclamation of “pshaw!”

verb (used without object)

1. to say “pshaw.”

verb (used with object)

1. to say “pshaw” at or to.

pshaw British  

/ pʃɔː /

interjection

1. rare an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc

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Etymology

Origin of pshaw

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

Pshaw says Lerone, the lone attractive African American man on the show.

From Time • May 15, 2012

Pshaw, the last time I squatted forever in a waiting room, it was for a dermatologist.

From Time Magazine Archive

He says the Congressman's nickname is Pshaw and hence he is not regarded as carrying on the tradition of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill and Gordon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pshaw, Sire!" replied Villequier; "there is not the slightest chance of his coming.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

"Pshaw, Fleming, you are deceiving me!" said the King, knitting his brows, "or you have played me false."

From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de