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tut-tut
[ pronounced as two alveolar clicks; spelling pronunciation tuht-tuht ]
tut-tut
/ ˈʌˈʌ /
interjection
- an exclamation of mild reprimand, disapproval, or surprise
verb
- intr to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut"
noun
- the act of tut-tutting
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tut-tut1
Example Sentences
Balancing this is the show’s caustic tut-tutting at materialists for wanting these baubles in the first place.
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.
"It could be good for Harry in the long run, even though the older generation will be tut-tutting," she says.
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.
I yell, and she tut-tuts and brings us both some aspirin and some water.
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