tutty

American

[tuht-ee] / ˈtʌt i /

noun

an impure oxide of zinc obtained from the flues of smelting furnaces, or a similar substance occurring as a native mineral, used chiefly as a polishing powder.

tutty British

/ ˈtʌtɪ /

noun

finely powdered impure zinc oxide obtained from the flues of zinc-smelting furnaces and used as a polishing powder

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tutty

1350–1400; Middle English tutie < Middle French < Medieval Latin tūtia < Arabic tūtiyā oxide of zinc < Persian < Sanskrit tuttham blue vitriol

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Sam Tutty plays the 25-year-old Englishman Dougal Todd, reprising his acclaimed performance in the show’s previous iterations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

You later went back to find his mother, Tutty, and you also adopted his brother, Raffy.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2020

Dear Evan Hansen, which explores "grief tourism" after a teen suicide, won two major prizes - best actor for Sam Tutty and best supporting actor for Jack Loxton.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2020

“It’s good to have a good economy,” said Tutty, a 39- year-old software engineer.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 17, 2011

Well, say, Tutty, that wa’n’t such an idle dream of his, about givin’ me the garden.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023