phut


Also found in: Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

phut

(fʌt)
n
a representation of a muffled explosive sound
adv
go phut to break down or collapse
[C19: of imitative origin]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations

phut

[fʌt] ADJ to go phutestropearse, hacer kaput (fig) → fracasar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

phut

(inf)
nPuff m
adv to go phut (= make noise)puff machen; (= break down)kaputtgehen (inf); (plans etc) → platzen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

phut

[fʌt] adv to go phut (fam) → andare in tilt
the TV's gone phut → è saltata la tivù
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
in the footsteps of Thailand's Map Ta Phut LNG Terminal, which received a commissioning cargo from Qatar in June
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra took a helicopter to the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Rayong province Sunday morning.
Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it is using ICT to provide support in resolving environmental problems in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in Thailand.
That is followed by some mospheric epic psychedelics om KAPITAN, some full-on funky ffs from BARE PHUT and some oo Fighters-esque melodic rock om brand new Tees trio ATLAS YND.
Of course, the manufacture of the lovely bright incandescent bulbs is being phased out and, worst of all, by the time my modern rubbish bulbs go "phut", I can never find the receipt to complain or get a refund!
In 2008, PTT signed the deal to buy 1 million tonnes of LNG a year from Qatar from late 2011 to feed Thailand's first $880 million LNG receiving terminal at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate in the earthern province of Rayong.
Most people working in the markets tend to be quite young, so they can only compare the present bad wobble with three or four years ago, when the market in mainly American subprime securitised packages of mortgages went phut.
The consolidation of the petrochemical and refinery units was originally supposed to have taken place in November 2009 but was delayed by an environmental dispute at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate.
The Prime Minister also said Government is conducting a feasibility study for logistics development to support industrial projects in southern Thailand--a key tourism and agricultural region--to avoid the pitfalls suffered at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate where environment concerns have forced the suspension of a number of projects.
BRAZIL PHUT: Spurs goalie Heurelho Gomes needs replacing
Chief Executive Veerasak Kositpaisal stated that the firm is likely to complete assessments of the health impact from its projects at Map Ta Phut by the end of 2010.
Another concern is the impact of the Thai baht's appreciation against the US dollar on SCC's export revenue, as well as the effect of the court suspension of projects at the Map Ta Phut industrial zone, the analysts noted.