phitt

For an instant the bright flash dazzled me so that I could see nothing, but I distinctly heard the "phitt" of the bullet, felt a hot puff of the sickening stench strike me full in the face, and became aware of a tremendous swirl and disturbance of the water as the huge creature plunged beneath the surface and was gone.

A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886

For a few moments there was no result, the wind nearly blowing out the blazing splints; but just as the young man was hesitating about getting out more matches -- _phitt_!

The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War George Manville Fenn 1870