"pshaw" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɔː/, /ˈpʃɔː/ (note: spelling pronunciation) Audio: en-us-pshaw.ogg [US] Forms: psshaw [alternative], pshah [alternative], psha [alternative]
enPR: shô, pshô (note: spelling pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: A natural expressive noise of rejection. First attested in the late 17th century. Etymology templates: {{etydate|late 17th century}} First attested in the late 17th century
  1. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief. Translations (indicating contempt or disgust): (pēi) (Chinese Mandarin), dirlididi (Esperanto), peuh (French), pah (German), פשש (Hebrew), svei (Icelandic), iss (Icelandic), uss (Icelandic), fuss (Icelandic), fussum svei (Icelandic), (ge) (Japanese), cis (Malay), też coś (Polish), co takiego (Polish), phi (Polish), тьфу (tʹfu) (Russian), фу (fu) (Russian), фи (fi) (Russian), ab (Scottish Gaelic), abab (Scottish Gaelic), huds (Scottish Gaelic), ¡bah! (Spanish), (Vietnamese)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɔː/, /ˈpʃɔː/ (note: spelling pronunciation) Audio: en-us-pshaw.ogg [US] Forms: pshaws [present, singular, third-person], pshawing [participle, present], pshawed [participle, past], pshawed [past], psshaw [alternative], pshah [alternative], psha [alternative]
enPR: shô, pshô (note: spelling pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: A natural expressive noise of rejection. First attested in the late 17th century. Etymology templates: {{etydate|late 17th century}} First attested in the late 17th century Head templates: {{en-verb}} pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)
  1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying “pshaw”. Tags: intransitive Translations (to express contempt or disgust): okazywać pogardę [imperfective] (Polish), okazać pogardę [perfective] (Polish), фы́ркать (fýrkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), фы́ркнуть (fýrknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pshaw-en-verb-fmjbIBIr

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "disgust",
          "disgust#English"
        ],
        [
          "irritation",
          "irritation#English"
        ],
        [
          "impatience",
          "impatience#English"
        ],
        [
          "disbelief",
          "disbelief#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "shô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɔː/"
    },
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      "enpr": "pshô",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʃɔː/",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pshaw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-us-pshaw.ogg/En-us-pshaw.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "indicating contempt",
      "word": "pht"
    },
    {
      "word": "psh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pshh"
    },
    {
      "word": "phht"
    },
    {
      "word": "pssh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pssht"
    },
    {
      "word": "psht"
    },
    {
      "word": "pshht"
    },
    {
      "word": "feh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pooh"
    },
    {
      "word": "pish"
    },
    {
      "word": "bah"
    },
    {
      "word": "poh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "indicating disbelief",
      "word": "c'mon"
    },
    {
      "word": "poppycock"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "pēi",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "呸"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "dirlididi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "peuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "pah"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "פשש"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "svei"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "iss"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "uss"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "fuss"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "fussum svei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ge",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "cis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "też coś"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "co takiego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "phi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "tʹfu",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "тьфу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fu",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "фу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fi",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "фи"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "ab"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "abab"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "huds"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "¡bah!"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "indicating contempt or disgust",
      "word": "xì"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pshaw"
}

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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
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  "etymology_text": "A natural expressive noise of rejection. First attested in the late 17th century.",
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    {
      "form": "pshaws",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pshawing",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "pshawed",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pshawed",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "psshaw",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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      "form": "pshah",
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      ]
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      ]
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    {
      "parts": [
        "pshaw"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express disgust or contempt by saying “pshaw”."
      ],
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        [
          "disgust",
          "disgust"
        ],
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        "(intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying “pshaw”."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "shô"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɔː/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pshô",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʃɔː/",
      "note": "spelling pronunciation"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pshaw.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-us-pshaw.ogg/En-us-pshaw.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
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      "rhymes": "-ɔː"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to express contempt or disgust",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "okazywać pogardę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to express contempt or disgust",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "okazać pogardę"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fýrkatʹ",
      "sense": "to express contempt or disgust",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "фы́ркать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "fýrknutʹ",
      "sense": "to express contempt or disgust",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "фы́ркнуть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pshaw"
}

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