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

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, Bess! you don’t mean that,” returned Nan.

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe

“But, pshaw, who will give me a try in this country?” he asked bitterly.

From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.

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.