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Even an expensive cracker can go off with a phut, not a bang, and burst to reveal one paper hat, one tired motto and a piece of plastic jewellery.
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phut — [fʌt] n go phut BrE informal if a machine goes phut, it stops working completely ▪ The microwave s gone phut … Dictionary of contemporary English
Phut — or Put (Hebrew: פוט Unicode| pûṭ ; Septuagint Greek Φουδ Phoud ) is the third son of Ham (one of the sons of Noah), in the biblical Table of Nations (Genesis 10:6; cf. 1 Chronicles 1:8). Five other biblical verses refer to the descendants of Put … Wikipedia
Phut — Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Gen. 10:6, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (Jer. 46:9; Ezek. 30:5; 27:10). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
phut — [ft, fət] n. 〚echoic〛 a dull, flat, slightly explosive sound, as of an engine dying go phut go out of order; break down * * * … Universalium
phut — [ft, fət] n. [echoic] a dull, flat, slightly explosive sound, as of an engine dying go phut go out of order; break down … English World dictionary
Phut — Phut, einer der vier Söhne Chams; seine Nachkommen bewohnten Nordafrika westlich von Ägypten … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
phut — noun (singular) BrE informal 1 go phut to stop working completely: The microwave s gone phut. 2 a sound like air suddenly escaping from something: The engine gave a phut, and stopped … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
phut — Colloquial –interjection /fət/ (say fuht) 1. (an exclamation of annoyance, etc.) –phrase /fʌt/ (say fut), /fət/ (say fuht) 2. go phut, to collapse, become ruined: *One of these days everything will just go phut! and we ll lose all our patients on …
phut — UK [fʌt] / US noun [uncountable] British a way of writing a sound like a small explosion, especially the regular sound that a small engine makes • go phut … English dictionary
phut — sėjamojo meliono vagotasis varietetas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Vaisinis kultūrinis augalas (Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. momordica). atitikmenys: lot. Cucumis melo subsp. melo var. momordica; Cucumis momordica angl. phut; snap melon … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
