an exclamation of disgust, impatience, disbelief, etc
pshaw in American English
(ʃɔ)
noun, interjection
(an exclamation) used to express impatience, disgust, contempt, disbelief, etc.
pshaw in American English
(ʃɔ)
interjection
1.
(used to express impatience, contempt, disbelief, etc.)
noun
2.
an exclamation of “pshaw!”
intransitive verb
3.
to say “pshaw”
transitive verb
4.
to say “pshaw” at or to
Word origin
[1665–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: group, newsletter, setback, suite, wader