paff
/paf/(also paf)
exclamation
1Used to represent the sound of an impact, blow, explosion, etc.: ‘bang!’, ‘pow!’.
2Used as an expression of contempt: ‘nonsense!’, ‘rubbish!’ rare.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), poet and novelist. Imitative. Compare piff, poof n.2.
- get
- geta
- get a bang out of
- get a fix on
- get a grip
- get ahead
- get ahead of oneself
- get a life
- get a line on
- get a load of
- get along
- get a move on
- get a (or the) feel for (or of)
- get a room
- get around
- get a shift on
- get at
- get-at-able
- get away
- getaway
- get away with
- get away with (blue) murder
- get a wiggle on
- get a word in edgeways
- get back at