piff
/pɪf/(also piff-poff)
exclamation
Representing the sound of a short, abrupt displacement or passage of air as caused by the flight of a bullet, a small explosion, etc. Compare phut.
Origin
Mid 18th century. Imitative. Compare French pif. Compare paff, poof n.2, etc.
- little lunch
- littlely
- little mag
- little magazine
- little man
- little mass
- little master
- Little Masters
- little me
- little-minded
- little-mindedness
- Little Missouri River
- little mother
- littleneck
- little Ned
- little Neddy
- littleness
- little ones
- little or nothing
- little (or nothing) short of
- little Orphan Annie
- little Orphant Annie
- Little Ouse
- little owl
- Little Parliament