pshaw
Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief.
• (indicating disapproval): pht, pshh, phht, pssh, pshh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also bah
• (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also bullshit
pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)
(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt.
• whaps
Source: Wiktionary
Pshaw, interj. Etym: [Of imitative origin.]
Definition: Pish! pooch! -- an exclamation used as an expression of contempt, disdain, dislike, etc. [Written also psha.]
Pshaw, v. i.
Definition: To express disgust or contemptuous disapprobation, as by the exclamation " Pshaw!" The goodman used regularly to frown and pshaw wherever this topic was touched upon. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
