pfft

American  

[ft] / ft /

Or phfft

interjection

1. (used to express or indicate a dying or fizzling out.)

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Etymology

Origin of pfft

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

“O.J. gets right on top of you, looks you in the eye and then — pfft — he’s gone,” former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Joe Greene told Newsweek in 1975.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

It all went pfft — there was no legitimate NFT.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2021

He answered with a pfft, a mumble and a head-twisting shrug — a combination of gestures that suggested “yes,” “somewhat,” “maybe” and “never.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2015

A halibut fillet, a tiny pyramid of goats' cheese, a bunch of grapes … pfft!

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

Buford the mechanical table sat in the corner on sleep mode, making little steamy snores: Shhhy pfft, shh, pfft.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan