puh

English

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of pugh
   • 2010, John P. Anderson, Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, volume 4, page 82:

     He was sporting his inky Italian moustaches glistering with Vaseline and perfume. Puh! How uncommentable!

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

See also

• puh-lease, puh-leeze

References

• “puh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• PHU, Phu, UHP, hup

Danish

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puː/,

Interjection

puh!

1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

Synonyms

• (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
• (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
• (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuh/,
• Rhymes: -uh
• Syllabification^(key): puh

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of puuh

Further reading

• “puh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

German

Pronunciation

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Interjection

puh!

1. phew!

Further reading

• “puh” in Duden online

Javanese

Romanization

puh

1. Romanization of ꦥꦸꦃ

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (Raguileo spelling)

1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

1. yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûx/

Noun

pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)

1. dormouse

Declension