tut-tutting
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tut-tut — tut tuts, tut tutting, tut tutted also tut tut 1) CONVENTION (feelings) Tut tut is used in writing to represent the sound that you make with your tongue touching the top of your mouth when you want to indicate disapproval, annoyance, or sympathy … English dictionary
tut-tut — I UK / US interjection tut Tut tut, Jack, you disappoint me, you really do. II UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms tut tut : present tense I/you/we/they tut tut he/she/it tut tuts present participle tut tutting past tense tut tutted past… … English dictionary
tut-tut — I. interjection Date: 1566 tut II. intransitive verb (tut tutted; tut tutting) Date: 1873 to express disapproval or disbelief by or as if by uttering tut < editorialists tut tutted over the recent congressional scandal > … New Collegiate Dictionary
tut-tut — pronounced as two alveolar clicks; spelling pron. /tut tut /, interj., n., v.i., tut tutted, tut tutting. tut. [1585 95] * * * … Universalium
tut-tut — (also tut) exclamation expressing disapproval or annoyance. verb (tut tuts, tut tutting, tut tutted) make such an exclamation. Origin C16: natural utterance … English new terms dictionary
tut-tut — /tʌt ˈtʌt/ (say tut tut), clicked /t t/ (say t t) interjection, noun, verb (i) (tut tutted, tut tutting) → tut1 …
Tutting — is the name given to a contemporary abstract interpretive dance style that exploits the body s ability to create geometric positions and movements, predominantly with the use of right angles. It is performed with minute attention to the musical… … Wikipedia
tut — for n. and vi. [, tut; ] for interj., see below interj., n. (a sound) used to express impatience, annoyance, mild rebuke, etc.: a click, or sucking sound, made by touching the tongue to the hard palate and rapidly withdrawing it: usually repeated … English World dictionary
tut-tut — int., n., & v. (also tut) int. expressing rebuke, impatience, or contempt. n. such an exclamation. v.intr. ( tutted, tutting) exclaim this. Etymology: imit. of a click of the tongue against the teeth * * * tut [tut tuts … Useful english dictionary
tut — tut1 [tʌt] interjection also tut tut the sound that you make by touching the top of your mouth with your tongue in order to show disapproval tut 2 tut2 also tut tut past tense and past participle tutted present participle tutting v [I] to express … Dictionary of contemporary English
