Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pooh.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection The same as pugh.

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  • interjection Alternative form of pugh.

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Examples

  • Tells me the puh was the easy part compared to the contractions.

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • It seems she is with child, and the King says he did not get it: with that she made a slighting "puh" with her mouth, and went out of the house, and never come in again till the King went to Sir Daniel Harvy's to pray her; and so she is come to-day, when one would think his mind should be full of some other cares, having but this morning broken up such a Parliament, with so much discontent, and so many wants upon him, and but yesterday heard such a sermon against adultery.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 55: July 1667 Samuel Pepys 1668

  • It seems she is with child, and the King says he did not get it: with that she made a slighting "puh" with her mouth, and went out of the house, and never come in again till the King went to Sir Daniel Harvy's to pray her; and so she is come to-day, when one would think his mind should be full of some other cares, having but this morning broken up such a Parliament, with so much discontent, and so many wants upon him, and but yesterday heard such a sermon against adultery.

    The Diary of Samuel Pepys, July 1667 Pepys, Samuel 1667

  • "puh" with her mouth, and went out of the house, and never come in again till the King went to Sir Daniel Harvy's to pray her; and so she is come to-day, when one would think his mind should be full of some other cares, having but this morning broken up such a Parliament, with so much discontent, and so many wants upon him, and but yesterday heard such

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

  • "puh" with her mouth, and went out of the house, and never come in again till the King went to Sir Daniel Harvy's to pray her; and so she is come to-day, when one would think his mind should be full of some other cares, having but this morning broken up such a Parliament, with so much discontent, and so many wants upon him, and but yesterday heard such

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

  • I have puh-lenty of material and prompts and ideas to get me through months and months of blog posts!

    2009 September « 2009

  • No, then you get to wait for your editor to send you a revision letter, because even though they loved the book enough to offer you money for it, they have puh-lenty of “suggestions” for ways it can be made better.

    Waiting games « 2009

  • No, then you get to wait for your editor to send you a revision letter, because even though they loved the book enough to offer you money for it, they have puh-lenty of “suggestions” for ways it can be made better.

    2009 March « 2009

  • If you guys want to be quixotic, feel free — but puh-leeze, do the math.

    Matthew Yglesias » Trapped in the Senate 2009

  • Dick, puh-leeze ..... go back under that rock and leave us alone.

    Cheney takes swipe at Obama over prosecutor 2009

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