tut
interjection
(used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
tutted
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past participleof tut.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tut.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tutinterjection(used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024
“Tall John is running late today, too,” Tutt tutted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022
She tutted at the audacity of doubting “feminine creative forces.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
“Parisians will not find it easy to recognise their daily lives,” RTL radio harrumphed, while Premiere tutted: “When they decided to caricature us, they didn’t hold back.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2020
They tutted and scolded and swept it all away.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
