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  • interjection A sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust.

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Examples

  • The faint 'phut' of the Browning lost its identity in the beat of the radio's music.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • It's working at the moment but the problems begin as night falls, the signal gets weaker and then "phut" it disappears.

    Hormonal broadband 2007

  • It's working at the moment but the problems begin as night falls, the signal gets weaker and then "phut" it disappears.

    48 entries from October 2007 2007

  • It's working at the moment but the problems begin as night falls, the signal gets weaker and then "phut" it disappears.

    Hormonal broadband 2007

  • The faint 'phut' of the Browning lost its identity in the beat of the radio's music.

    Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998

  • A bullet went "phut" into the ground at my feet as I lay on a stretcher.

    The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson

  • But then, unfathomably, their impetus went "phut".

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2009

  • It opened with a reassuring but not flashy 'phut'.

    Golly's Wine Drops 2009

  • Tony Blair showed impeccable timing by leaving his job just before the economy went phut.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Just something else to worry about as the economy goes phut!

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

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  • A dull, flat, slightly explosive sound, as of an engine dying. Pronounced ft

    June 14, 2009