TUT-TUT (tut-tutted, tut-tutting)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: tut-tutted    , tut-tutting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tut-tut mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUT-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-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-tut!

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

I had on a new plaid skirt also that blew a little in the wind and whenever this happened the red, white and blue banners in front of all the houses stretched out stiff and said tut-tut-tut-tut in a disapproving way.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)