phut-phut1
verb
(also phutt-phutt)
To make intermittent muffled explosive sounds like a small internal combustion engine; to move with such a noise.
Origin
phut-phut2
exclamation
(also phutt-phutt)
Representing an intermittent or repeated dull, usually plosive sound, especially that characteristic of an internal combustion engine.
noun
(also phutt-phutt)
1An intermittent or repeated dull, usually plosive sound, especially the sound characteristic of an internal combustion engine.
2= phutphuti . Now chiefly Indian English.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Living Age. Reduplication of phut.
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