pfft
[p͡ɸːt]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Used to signify a sudden ending or disappearance.
intj
Example Sentences
- "1965 Peter De Vries — Let Me Count the Ways You'd never forgive yourself — and then you'd never forgive me, and then pfft, the end of a fine friendship."
- "“[…] You remember that lump I got? I felt something poking out of it. So I pulled, like, I just pulled one out, put it on some folded-up toilet paper, then went back in and got another one. Then one more after that. I’m pretty sure they’re spider legs,” Orvil says. ¶ “Pfffffft,” Loother says and laughs. At which point Orvil shows him a neat pile of folds of toilet paper."
- ""Are we talking a delicate little Scandinavian pfft, or the whole raspberry tart?""