pffft
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When I'd ask my father about cooking times and whether I should use my meat thermometer, he exclaimed, "pffft, thermometer-shermometer! I've never used one, and I've been cooking for 40 years!"
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2021
But that anticipation was met with a collective pffft when everything ran chalk.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
Albarn has no illusions about changing people's minds with music: "Whether it can achieve anything is obviously … pffft," he sighs, running out of steam mid-sentence.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2018
But when the chips were down in 2008, his campaign went pffft.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2011
OK, if today doesn’t favor the 10s, 12s and 13s and we get a whole lot of pffft, then it won’t be a total waste.
From Chicago Tribune ● Mar. 18, 2011
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