puh
See also: puh.
English
Interjection
puh
- 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!
- 2010, John P. Anderson, Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, Volume 4, page 82,
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
- Phu, UHP, hup
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!
- pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
- 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!
- phew!
Further reading
- puh in Duden online
Mapudungun
Noun
puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- night
Portuguese
Interjection
puh
- yuck (expression of disgust)
Synonyms
- eca
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pъlxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pûx/
Noun
pȕh m (Cyrillic spelling пу̏х)
- dormouse
Declension
Declension of puh
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pȕh | pùhovi |
genitive | puha | puhova |
dative | puhu | puhovima |
accusative | puha | puhove |
vocative | puše | puhovi |
locative | puhu | puhovima |
instrumental | puhom | puhovima |