pshaw
/ʃɔː/
interjection
- Used to express disbelief, irritation, or dismissal of something as unimportant or untrue.
- Pshaw! I don't believe a word of that story.
- Pshaw! That old rumor isn't worth our time.
- When he said he could run a mile in four minutes, she just said, 'Pshaw!'
verb
- To say 'pshaw' as an expression of disbelief or dismissal.
- He pshawed at the suggestion that the project would fail.
- She pshawed loudly when the politician made that claim.
- They all pshawed at the idea of a ghost in the attic.