tut

(a t-like sound produced by suction rather than plosion; conventional spelling pronunciation, tŭt)

interj.

Used to express annoyance, impatience, or mild reproof: "Tut, tut, child! ... Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it" (Lewis Carroll).

tut n. & v.

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tut

(pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron tʌt)

interj, n, vb, tuts, tutting or tutted

short for tut-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

Past participle: tutted
Gerund: tutting

Imperative
tut
tut

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

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

tsk, tut-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

تَعْبير يَدُل على الضَّجَر

ach was!

ugyan!

uff

啧！嘘！

tut

[tʌt] (also tut-tut)

A. EXCL → ¡vaya!

B. VI → chasquear la lengua en señal de desaprobación

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tut

[ˈtʌt] tut-tut [ˌtʌtˈtʌt]

excl → allons, allons!

vi (in disapproval) → exprimer sa désapprobation; (in annoyance) → exprimer son agacement; (in sympathy) → exprimer sa compassion

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tut

[tʌt] (also tut-tut)

1. excl → non si fa così!

2. vi far schioccare la lingua in segno di disapprovazione

tut(-tut)

(tat(ˈtat)) interjection

used in writing to represent the sound used to express disapproval, mild annoyance etc.

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References in classic literature

"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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Mohamed Fadl, head of the committee, published a photo of the "Tut" mascot on his personal account on social media before the mascot was officially announced on the official page of AFCON 2019 on Facebook, with an animation clip featuring the mascot.

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Principal of TUT, Professor Lourens Van Staden, in a public statement explained that: "The Council of the Tshwane University of Technology formally approved a recommendation by the Institutional Forum that TUT will not have any ties with Israel, Israeli organisations and institutions".

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