PSHAW Definition & Meaning

pshaw

[ shaw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)

noun

an exclamation of “pshaw!”

verb (used without object)

to say “pshaw.”

verb (used with object)

to say “pshaw” at or to.

pshaw

/ ��ʃɔː /

interjection

rare.
an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pshaw¹

First recorded in 1665–75

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One critic complained: “Americans visiting the great sites of antiquity will be heard to remark: ‘So this is the Taj Mahal; pshaw … the Oriental Theater at home is twice as big and has electric lights besides.’”

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‘Pshaw! Say what you will. You only come before me like a gnat. I know what I wish and will not be pestered into doing that which is wrong.’

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‘Pshaw! You come before me like a gnat. And I ignore you.’

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Pshaw sirrah, it's called "medieval".

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Undeterred, Chappelow wrote back to him: “Shame on you! Pshaw! Why you’re SUPERMAN!”

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