tut
interjection
(used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Crystal-clear colloquial speech was Frank Sinatra's response to Hollywood Columnist Erskme Johnson, who had tutted the Voice for his "temperament."
From Time Magazine Archive
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