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tut-tut

(two t-like sounds produced by suction rather than plosion; conventional spelling pronunciation, tŭt′tŭt′)

intr.v. tut-tut·ted, tut-tut·ting, tut-tuts

To express annoyance, impatience, or mild reproof: "those fussy fellows at the State Department tut-tutting about lack of reform in the political system" (John Hughes).

[Imitative.]

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tut-tut

(pronounced as alveolar clicks; spelling pron ˈtʌtˈtʌt)

interj

an exclamation of mild reprimand, disapproval, or surprise

vb, -tuts, -tutting or -tutted

(intr) to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut"

the act of tut-tutting

Often shortened to: tut

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tut

(pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tʌt)

also tut-tut,

interj., n., v. tut•ted, tut•ting. interj.

1. (used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)

2. for shame!

3. an exclamation of “tut.”

v.i.

4. to utter the exclamation “tut.”

[1520–30]

tut-tut

Past participle: tut-tutted
Gerund: tut-tutting

Imperative
tut-tut
tut-tut

Present
I tut-tut
you tut-tut
he/she/it tut-tuts
we tut-tut
you tut-tut
they tut-tut

Preterite
I tut-tutted
you tut-tutted
he/she/it tut-tutted
we tut-tutted
you tut-tutted
they tut-tutted

Present Continuous
I am tut-tutting
you are tut-tutting
he/she/it is tut-tutting
we are tut-tutting
you are tut-tutting
they are tut-tutting

Present Perfect
I have tut-tutted
you have tut-tutted
he/she/it has tut-tutted
we have tut-tutted
you have tut-tutted
they have tut-tutted

Past Continuous
I was tut-tutting
you were tut-tutting
he/she/it was tut-tutting
we were tut-tutting
you were tut-tutting
they were tut-tutting

Past Perfect
I had tut-tutted
you had tut-tutted
he/she/it had tut-tutted
we had tut-tutted
you had tut-tutted
they had tut-tutted

Future
I will tut-tut
you will tut-tut
he/she/it will tut-tut
we will tut-tut
you will tut-tut
they will tut-tut

Future Perfect
I will have tut-tutted
you will have tut-tutted
he/she/it will have tut-tutted
we will have tut-tutted
you will have tut-tutted
they will have tut-tutted

Future Continuous
I will be tut-tutting
you will be tut-tutting
he/she/it will be tut-tutting
we will be tut-tutting
you will be tut-tutting
they will be tut-tutting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tut-tutting
you have been tut-tutting
he/she/it has been tut-tutting
we have been tut-tutting
you have been tut-tutting
they have been tut-tutting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tut-tutting
you will have been tut-tutting
he/she/it will have been tut-tutting
we will have been tut-tutting
you will have been tut-tutting
they will have been tut-tutting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tut-tutting
you had been tut-tutting
he/she/it had been tut-tutting
we had been tut-tutting
you had been tut-tutting
they had been tut-tutting

Conditional
I would tut-tut
you would tut-tut
he/she/it would tut-tut
we would tut-tut
you would tut-tut
they would tut-tut

Past Conditional
I would have tut-tutted
you would have tut-tutted
he/she/it would have tut-tutted
we would have tut-tutted
you would have tut-tutted
they would have tut-tutted

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Verb

tut-tut - utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval

tsk, tut

let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

Translations

tut-tut

interj (in disapproval) → na, na, aber, aber

vi she tut-tutted in disapproval → na, na! or aber, aber!, sagte sie missbilligend

vt idea → missbilligen

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"Tut, tut, tut," said Slightly, "this has cured her."

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Tut, mother, it's not a four years' cruise this time.

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"Tut -- tut!" cautioned the Scarecrow "wait, until Jellia translates my speech.

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'Tut, tut,' returned the locksmith, rubbing his hands and warming them.

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"Tut, tut, child; tut, tut," responded Professor Porter, in a kindly and indulgent tone, "do not trouble your pretty head with such weighty and abstruse problems," and again he wandered slowly off in still another direction, his eyes bent upon the ground at his feet, his hands clasped behind him beneath the flowing tails of his coat.

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'Tut, tut!' said Heathcliff, stretching out a hand and dragging him roughly between his knees, and then holding up his head by the chin.

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"Tut, tut," said the Sheriff, "'tis naught but a trade.

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With the help of a $5,000 grant from the United Way of Greater Houston's 2013 Community Building Grant Program, TUTS was able to integrate eight iPads into its classrooms, providing instructors with additional teaching tools.

An App for that

To the contrary, it does not even mention the brand name or show the product that it is promoting and relies predominantly on the finger tuts to generate interest in the new smartphone.

Motion graphics is the pitch

I call it tutting, and I think both Ms Jowell and the Government would be in a better state if they had listened to the tuts.

Time Government took its fingers out of its ears and heard the tut-tuts

Stem design will house two theaters, offices for TUTS and its Humphreys School of Musical Theatre, a 200-seat restaurant, gift shop, and grand lobby, all fronted by three stories of glass overlooking City Hall and the green of Tranquility Park.