1. expressing contempt, impatience, or dismissal by saying ‘pshaw’
Usage: informal; somewhat archaic

Examples

• He kept pshawing at every suggestion we made.
• She was pshawing the old-fashioned ideas her grandmother shared.
• The critic spent the evening pshawing the new play’s attempts at humor.
• Instead of listening, he was just pshawing everything the speaker said.
• The professor was pshawing the student’s unconventional theory.
• They were pshawing the weather forecast, convinced it would be sunny.