TUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tut mean? 

• TUT (verb)
  The verb TUT has 1 sense:

1. utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval

  Familiarity information: TUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

tsk; tut; tut-tut

Hypernyms (to "tut" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Tut, Roddy! you can stay here if you are afraid.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut, tut!” cried Sir Nigel, laughing.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Tut, tut!’ he cried. ‘This is all quite beside the question.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tut, my boy; you know about figures.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Tut, my dear sir, we live in a utilitarian age.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh tut, tut, tut!” said Miss Betsey, in a hurry.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Tut, tut!” said Mr. Utterson; and then after a considerable pause, “Can’t I do anything?” he inquired.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Tut, tut my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Maud said, “Tut, tut,” in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Tut, tut, tut!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)