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TUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval

Synonyms:

tsk; tut; tut-tut

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "tut" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Credits

 Context examples: 

"Tut, tut! What is it?"

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut, tut, Aylward,” said the old bowman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Tut, tut,’ said he. ‘I am quite sure that a man of your intelligence will see that there can be but one outcome to this affair.’

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Oh, tut, tut! sweating—rank sweating!’ he cried, throwing his fat hands out into the air like a man who is in a boiling passion.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tut, tut, we have solved some worse problems.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I suppose I looked doubtful, for she added: Tut, tut, child.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Tut, tut! This sounds serious. It would be inhuman not to answer his call.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tut, tut! it is the due process of the law.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut-tut!” said Mr. Utterson.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Tut, tut!” cried the other.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)