phutn.adv.int.adj.

Brit.

/(p)fʌt/, U.S.

/(p)fət/

Forms: 1800s phutt, 1800s– fut, 1800s– phut, 1900s– pfft, 1900s– phfft, 1900s– phtt. Forms with p, ph, f, or t occurring three or more times are also occasionally attested.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare French pfut , pfutt , pft , etc. (1898 as pfftt ; earlier as pft! pft! (1879; compare phut-phut int.)), and Hindi phaṭ slapping noise.

A. n.

A brief plosive sound, such as the noise made by the escape of a small quantity of air under pressure, or by the passage of a bullet, or the sound of a small muffled explosion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun]

puttering1824

pant1840

puff-puff1856

chug1866

phut1874

teuf-teuf1902

tuff-tuff1902

chuff1914

chuff-chuff1914

phut-phut1916

put-putting1923

put-put1925

pocketa-pocketa1939

putter1942

phut-phutting1954

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant sound

phut1874

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > of guns or shells

flash in the pan1566

bark1871

phut1874

prut1898

pip-pop1902

bom1906

crump1914

crumping1919

poop1919

cough1928

1874 Atlantic Monthly May 544/2 I heard no report, but a sharp, angry phut! at my ear.

1898 J. M. Falkner Moonfleet ix. 125 There came a flash of fire..and a fut, fut, fut, of bullets in the turf.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 242 He will sometimes hear the rattle of a mysterious machine-gun, or even the phut of a bullet.

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 5 One..rifle-bullet landed with a phtt in the chalk between two officers.

1986 J. Cox Spirit of Gardening 83 As the fire approached a half-opened bud, a jet of flame spit from the end of the bud with a little phfft of combustion.

2004 Independent (Nexis) 6 Sept. He emits a series of strange noises that start in the middle register, descend half an octave or so, and then culminate in a high-pitched ‘phut’, like a deflating balloon whizzing around a room.

B. adv.

colloquial. to go phut: to break down, malfunction; to come to a sudden end; to end in failure, come to grief.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism

standc1175

to run down1665

stop1789

seize1878

to go phut1888

to cut out1910

conk1917

cut1938

trip out1940

phut1959

1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 55 The whole thing went phut. She wrote to say that there had been a mistake.

1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger III. iii. 150 The plans..have all gone fut.

1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 40 Endersley's memory has gone phut!

1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia x. 270 She'd still have been terribly interested in life till she went phut.

1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit iii. 29 It wouldn't take much to make the Stilton–Florence axis go p'fft again.

1972 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 7/3 The kids had broken a window, and the colour television had gone phut.

2000 N.Y. Times 14 May iv. 3/1 Gary Hart's presidential campaign went pfft after the story broke about his affair with Donna Rice.

C. int.

Representing a brief plosive sound (of the kind described at sense A.). Also in extended use, esp. in order to suggest an abrupt cessation, malfunction, change, or disappearance.

ΚΠ

1892 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 157/1 Phut! in a moment, like water from the skin-bag, spoiling everything.

1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 143 Thud! went the first gun, and phutt! came faintly back, as its shell burst on the zariba.

1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 47 ‘It's a lie!’ Foe was on his legs, and he fairly shouted it. Shell-shock? Phut!—It exploded right at our feet below the platform.

1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty xi. 229 ‘Pfft!’ He spat, to express his repulsion.

1975 Washington Post 10 Mar. b1/2 A voice..said ‘Thank you, Barbra’ and, phffft! The hour was over.

1995 Newsweek 31 July 45/4 Then pfft..he left the Ivy League to become CEO of Whittle's Edison Project.

2004 Sun (Nexis) 4 Mar. It was 5.33pm when the lights went. Phut. Every single watt of power drained from the place in an instant.

D. adj.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). In predicative use. Esp. of a couple or their relationship: finished, over, ‘kaput’.

ΚΠ

1937 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 16 Jan. 1/4 (headline) Ariel, Caliban are Pfft! Elaine wants a divorce.

1959 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 27 July 6/1 (comic strip) You and Cindy broke up? I don't believe it... It's true—we're phfft!

2003 Burlington (Vermont) Free Press (Nexis) 9 Mar. 1 d The Russian government put a hold on all pending adoptions. ‘You could have been two days away from getting your child and it would have been pfft,’ Draper said.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

phutv.

Brit.

/(p)fʌt/, U.S.

/(p)fət/

Inflections: Present participle phutting; past tense and past participle phutted, (in sense 2) phut;

Forms: see phut int.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: phut int.

Etymology: < phut int.

colloquial.

1. intransitive. To make a brief plosive sound (see phut n.); to move or travel while making this sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

soss1789

thud1796

flump1816

whump1897

phut1901

bonk1929

whunk1935

clonk1963

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > actions of bullet or shot

ricochet1804

club1830

cluster1830

strip1854

upset1859

slug1875

keyhole1878

group1882

string1892

mushroom1893

splash1894

to set up1896

phut1901

pattern1904

print1961

1901 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/1 The bullets..came more thickly now, squealing over our heads and futting on the ground between the horses' hoofs.

1929 Indiana (Pa.) Weekly Messenger 16 May 2/3 Bullets ‘phutted’ all around us, yet none of us was hit.

1977 J. Fowles Daniel Martin 62 The gas-fire phutted at his match, began to flame blue and gold.

1991 Sunday Times 11 Aug. iii. 2/6 We phutted back to the marina.

2. intransitive. Originally (U.S. Journalists' slang): (of a couple) to become estranged, to separate, divorce. Later also more generally: to come to an abrupt end, to collapse; to cease to function; = to go phut at phut adv. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism

standc1175

to run down1665

stop1789

seize1878

to go phut1888

to cut out1910

conk1917

cut1938

trip out1940

phut1959

1930 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 48/3 Mr. Walter Winchell..exercises a tremendous power for mischief with impassive diablerie: ‘the so-and-sos have phfft!’

1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel xxvii. 250 He and Robin..got inside last night, only the torch phutted.

1995 Independent 18 Feb. 27/7 Though his career staggered on for another few years, very soon he knew himself to have pfft.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phut
释义	phutn.adv.int.adj. Brit. /(p)fʌt/, U.S. /(p)fət/ Forms: 1800s phutt, 1800s– fut, 1800s– phut, 1900s– pfft, 1900s– phfft, 1900s– phtt. Forms with p, ph, f, or t occurring three or more times are also occasionally attested. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare French pfut , pfutt , pft , etc. (1898 as pfftt ; earlier as pft! pft! (1879; compare phut-phut int.)), and Hindi phaṭ slapping noise. A. n. A brief plosive sound, such as the noise made by the escape of a small quantity of air under pressure, or by the passage of a bullet, or the sound of a small muffled explosion. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] puttering1824 pant1840 puff-puff1856 chug1866 phut1874 teuf-teuf1902 tuff-tuff1902 chuff1914 chuff-chuff1914 phut-phut1916 put-putting1923 put-put1925 pocketa-pocketa1939 putter1942 phut-phutting1954 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant sound phut1874 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > of guns or shells flash in the pan1566 bark1871 phut1874 prut1898 pip-pop1902 bom1906 crump1914 crumping1919 poop1919 cough1928 1874 Atlantic Monthly May 544/2 I heard no report, but a sharp, angry phut! at my ear. 1898 J. M. Falkner Moonfleet ix. 125 There came a flash of fire..and a fut, fut, fut, of bullets in the turf. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 242 He will sometimes hear the rattle of a mysterious machine-gun, or even the phut of a bullet. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 5 One..rifle-bullet landed with a phtt in the chalk between two officers. 1986 J. Cox Spirit of Gardening 83 As the fire approached a half-opened bud, a jet of flame spit from the end of the bud with a little phfft of combustion. 2004 Independent (Nexis) 6 Sept. He emits a series of strange noises that start in the middle register, descend half an octave or so, and then culminate in a high-pitched ‘phut’, like a deflating balloon whizzing around a room. B. adv. colloquial. to go phut: to break down, malfunction; to come to a sudden end; to end in failure, come to grief. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism standc1175 to run down1665 stop1789 seize1878 to go phut1888 to cut out1910 conk1917 cut1938 trip out1940 phut1959 1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 55 The whole thing went phut. She wrote to say that there had been a mistake. 1908 A. S. M. Hutchinson Once aboard Lugger III. iii. 150 The plans..have all gone fut. 1924 A. J. Small Frozen Gold i. 40 Endersley's memory has gone phut! 1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia x. 270 She'd still have been terribly interested in life till she went phut. 1954 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit iii. 29 It wouldn't take much to make the Stilton–Florence axis go p'fft again. 1972 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 7/3 The kids had broken a window, and the colour television had gone phut. 2000 N.Y. Times 14 May iv. 3/1 Gary Hart's presidential campaign went pfft after the story broke about his affair with Donna Rice. C. int. Representing a brief plosive sound (of the kind described at sense A.). Also in extended use, esp. in order to suggest an abrupt cessation, malfunction, change, or disappearance. ΚΠ 1892 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 157/1 Phut! in a moment, like water from the skin-bag, spoiling everything. 1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 143 Thud! went the first gun, and phutt! came faintly back, as its shell burst on the zariba. 1918 A. Quiller-Couch Foe-Farrell 47 ‘It's a lie!’ Foe was on his legs, and he fairly shouted it. Shell-shock? Phut!—It exploded right at our feet below the platform. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty xi. 229 ‘Pfft!’ He spat, to express his repulsion. 1975 Washington Post 10 Mar. b1/2 A voice..said ‘Thank you, Barbra’ and, phffft! The hour was over. 1995 Newsweek 31 July 45/4 Then pfft..he left the Ivy League to become CEO of Whittle's Edison Project. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 4 Mar. It was 5.33pm when the lights went. Phut. Every single watt of power drained from the place in an instant. D. adj. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). In predicative use. Esp. of a couple or their relationship: finished, over, ‘kaput’. ΚΠ 1937 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 16 Jan. 1/4 (headline) Ariel, Caliban are Pfft! Elaine wants a divorce. 1959 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 27 July 6/1 (comic strip) You and Cindy broke up? I don't believe it... It's true—we're phfft! 2003 Burlington (Vermont) Free Press (Nexis) 9 Mar. 1 d The Russian government put a hold on all pending adoptions. ‘You could have been two days away from getting your child and it would have been pfft,’ Draper said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). phutv. Brit. /(p)fʌt/, U.S. /(p)fət/ Inflections: Present participle phutting; past tense and past participle phutted, (in sense 2) phut; Forms: see phut int. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: phut int. Etymology: < phut int. colloquial. 1. intransitive. To make a brief plosive sound (see phut n.); to move or travel while making this sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud soss1789 thud1796 flump1816 whump1897 phut1901 bonk1929 whunk1935 clonk1963 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] > actions of bullet or shot ricochet1804 club1830 cluster1830 strip1854 upset1859 slug1875 keyhole1878 group1882 string1892 mushroom1893 splash1894 to set up1896 phut1901 pattern1904 print1961 1901 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/1 The bullets..came more thickly now, squealing over our heads and futting on the ground between the horses' hoofs. 1929 Indiana (Pa.) Weekly Messenger 16 May 2/3 Bullets ‘phutted’ all around us, yet none of us was hit. 1977 J. Fowles Daniel Martin 62 The gas-fire phutted at his match, began to flame blue and gold. 1991 Sunday Times 11 Aug. iii. 2/6 We phutted back to the marina. 2. intransitive. Originally (U.S. Journalists' slang): (of a couple) to become estranged, to separate, divorce. Later also more generally: to come to an abrupt end, to collapse; to cease to function; = to go phut at phut adv. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes > specifically of a machine or mechanism standc1175 to run down1665 stop1789 seize1878 to go phut1888 to cut out1910 conk1917 cut1938 trip out1940 phut1959 1930 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Jan. 48/3 Mr. Walter Winchell..exercises a tremendous power for mischief with impassive diablerie: ‘the so-and-sos have phfft!’ 1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel xxvii. 250 He and Robin..got inside last night, only the torch phutted. 1995 Independent 18 Feb. 27/7 Though his career staggered on for another few years, very soon he knew himself to have pfft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.int.adj.1874v.1901
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