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tut
[ pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pronunciation tuht ]
interjection
- (used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
- for shame!
noun
- an exclamation of “tut.”
verb (used without object)
- to utter the exclamation “tut.”
tut
/ ʌ /
interjection
- short for tut-tut
Word History and Origins
Origin of tut1
Example Sentences
Peeking over her shoulder at her notes, he tuts, “Doesn’t sycophant have an ‘o’?”
I tutted something about the symptoms of perimenopause and ignored it - but two days later I was laid up in bed with gastric flu.
She dove under the blankets on her bed, peeking only her face out of them, and she could hear Babulya tutting in the kitchen: “Slamming doors like they’ll last forever. Children these days.”
At first, Evelyn dismisses her husband's frivolity, tutting as she removes the eyes from around her workplace.
Or while I’m doing dishes, she tuts at me about how I seem to need a shower.
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