tut-tut

[tuht-tuht]

interjection

tut-tutted, tut-tutting 

1. tut.

tut-tut

/ ˈtʌtˈtʌt /

interjection

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

verb

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

noun

1. the act of tut-tutting

Word History and Origins

Origin of tut-tut¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

I’d be more inclined to tut-tut at the puerility of the late Victorian sense of humor, except TikTok was only recently convincing people to eat Tide Pods.

From Seattle Times

"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

Ilse checks my belly, tut-tuts, and shuts herself in her room to eat cake with a Nazi SS officer named Rolf while my thirteen starve in silence above her head.

From Literature