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tut

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tut (a t-like sound produced by suction rather than plosion; conventional spelling pronunciation, tt)
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.
tut
interj, n, vb
[tutting, tutted] short for tut-tut
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Verb1.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"
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But Maud said, "Tut, tut," in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
Mind, good people, if this fellow has been marrying a minor--tut, tut, that can't be.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
"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.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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