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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pshaw

Science fairs, pshaw, these kids wanted to talk policy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2013

There is obviously something to this, but there is a large pshaw factor as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oh, pshaw, Mara, you don't know these fellows; they are only playing games with us.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Harriet Beecher Stowe

I meant to stand under the branches and hold my dress and catch—Oh, pshaw!

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield

"Oh, pshaw, Stony, give me the book!" said Perner, impatiently.

From The Bread Line A Story of a Paper by Albert Bigelow Paine

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