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

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

"Listen to reason, girl, I will borrow this paper, and on my honor; but pshaw, you won't credit me with so scarce a commodity," he says, half aside.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

I had a kind of a vision of a reformed Berault, dead to play and purging himself at a distance from Zaton's, winning, perhaps, a name In the Italian war, and finally--but, pshaw!

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.

"Oh, pshaw," says pretty Miss Impulsive, "I hate prefaces."

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon