tut-tut

American  

[tuht-tuht] / ˈtʌtˈtʌt /

interjection

tut-tutted, tut-tutting

1. tut.

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tut-tut British  

/ ˈtʌtˈtʌt /

interjection

1. an exclamation of mild reprimand, disapproval, or surprise

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verb

1. (intr) to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut"

noun

1. the act of tut-tutting

Etymology

Origin of tut-tut

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.

From Salon

“Thank you—that is to say, tut-tut! The Cockney flower girls of London sell nicer flowers than these!”

From Literature

Balancing this is the show’s caustic tut-tutting at materialists for wanting these baubles in the first place.

From Salon

"It could be good for Harry in the long run, even though the older generation will be tut-tutting," she says.

From BBC

This is not a proposal that one should feel sorry for Madonna or tut-tut at her devotion to vanity which, again, has always been the case.

From Salon