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PAH

abbr.
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

pah

 (pä)
interj.
Used to express disgust or irritation.
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pah

(pɑː)
interj
an exclamation of disgust, disbelief, etc
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Translations

pah

(o.f.) [pæ] EXCL¡bah!
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pah

[ˈpɑː] exclpouah !
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References in classic literature ?
"Pah! That is a foolish idea," retorted Guph, irritably, but he knew in his heart that the King was right.
"Pah!" said Joe, "but, after all, it's natural enough.
Here is the appearance of purchaser as supplied at the Arcade:-- looked like a military gentleman; tall, dark, and rather dressy; fine Roman nose (quite so), carefully trimmed moustache going grey (not at all); hair thin and thoughtfully distributed over the head like fiddlestrings, as if to make the most of it (pah!); dusted chair with handkerchief before sitting down on it, and had other oldmaidish ways (I should like to know what they are); tediously polite, but no talker; bored face; age forty-five if a day (a lie); was accompanied by an enormous yellow dog with sore eyes.
Waking up in the morning after some hours of heavy, leaden sleep, and immediately realising all that had happened on the previous day, I was positively amazed at my last night's sentimentality with Liza, at all those "outcries of horror and pity." "To think of having such an attack of womanish hysteria, pah!" I concluded.
"Pah! Where are you going?" cried the two Musketeers in a breath.
"Pah!" quoth Robin Hood, "the sight of such a fellow doth put a nasty taste into my mouth!
"Pah! I'll race the miserable wooden donkey any day in the week!" cried the cab-horse.
"Pah!" sneered the Glass Cat, "such colors are not beautiful; they're ugly, and in bad taste.
'Pah! A very coarse animal, indeed!' said Mr Chester, composing himself in the easy-chair again.
Couldn't make cavalry men of them." And after glancing down complacently at his own shanks, he always concluded: "Pah! Don't they stink!
"Pah!" said Rosa and Jane, with supreme disgust; "let her keep out of our way!
The grilled samples were cooled to reach room temperature and packed in aluminum foil bags until used for PAH extraction.