puh

See also: 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!

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for puh in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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/, [pʰuː]

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

German

Interjection

puh!

  1. phew!

Further reading
  • puh in Duden online

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

  1. yuck (expression of disgust)

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pûx/

Noun

pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)

  1. dormouse

Declension
Declension of puh
singular plural
nominative pȕh pùhovi
genitive puha puhova
dative puhu puhovima
accusative puha puhove
vocative puše puhovi
locative puhu puhovima
instrumental puhom puhovima
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