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tsk

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[pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pronunciation tisk or tisk-tisk]
interjection
  1. (used, often in quick repetition, as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
  2. for shame!
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noun
  1. an exclamation of “tsk.”
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verb (used without object)
  1. to utter the exclamation “tsk.”
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Word Origin and History for tsktsk

tsk

sound expressing commisseration or disapproval, 1947; as a verb, tsk-tsk is recorded from 1967.

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