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TUT-TUT
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected forms: tut-tutted , tut-tutting
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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