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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.tut - utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
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 tut(-tut) [tat(ˈtat)]
used in writing to represent the sound used to express disapproval, mild annoyance etc. a-nee-a تَعْبير يَدُل على الضَّجَر неодобрение, пфу! no no tsk-tsk ach was! τσκ-τσκ-τσκ (για την έκφραση αποδοκιμασίας) ¡vamos!; chasquido para expresar desaprobación ai-ai, mis nüüd saab نوچ aijai ta, ta, ta! צִקצוּק धतकारना pih! pa što! ugyan! pernyataan tidak senang iss! uss! (bah!), (via!) ちぇっ ak tu! eik tu! ak! isy nou nou! æsj, uff (wyrażenie dezaprobaty) mau, mau! ei (poftim)! ай-яй-яй!, ах ты! no no no, no! negodovanje äsch!, äh!, tyst! คำอุทานแสดงความไม่พอใจ cık cık!, vah vah! (表示不耐煩)嘖,噓 тьху! انکار کي آواز tiếng tặc lưỡi表示)啧!嘘!


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But Maud said, "Tut, tut," in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.
Mind, good people, if this fellow has been marrying a minor--tut, tut, that can't be.
"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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