Meanings
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1
intj
dated: used to express impatience, disbelief, contempt, or dismissal
Pshaw! That flimsy excuse will convince no one.
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2
verb
dated: to reject or dismiss something by saying pshaw
She pshawed every warning until the storm finally arrived.
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Etymology
An imitative interjection recorded from the seventeenth century, probably representing a dismissive puff or hiss. It later developed a rare verb meaning to utter the exclamation or dismiss something contemptuously.