tut

[tuht]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)

2. for shame!

noun

1. an exclamation of “tut.”

verb (used without object)

tutted, tutting 

1. to utter the exclamation “tut.”

tut

/ tʌt /

interjection

1. short for tut-tut

Word History and Origins

Origin of tut¹

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

Peeking over her shoulder at her notes, he tuts, “Doesn’t sycophant have an ‘o’?”

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I tutted something about the symptoms of perimenopause and ignored it - but two days later I was laid up in bed with gastric flu.

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At first, Evelyn dismisses her husband's frivolity, tutting as she removes the eyes from around her workplace.

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Or while I’m doing dishes, she tuts at me about how I seem to need a shower.

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"This means that the public should not stare, tut or make negative comments about breastfeeding babies."

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