/ pɑː; NAmE / exclamation
used to represent the sound that people make when they disagree with sth or disapprove of sth strongly
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WORD ORIGIN
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the late 16th cent.
/ pɑː; NAmE / exclamation
used to represent the sound that people make when they disagree with sth or disapprove of sth strongly
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WORD ORIGIN
natural utterance: first recorded in English in the late 16th cent.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005