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tut-tut
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb tut-tut has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tut-tut, int., n., & v. (also tut)
--int. expressing rebuke, impatience, or contempt.
--n. such an exclamation.
--v.intr. (-tutted, -tutting) exclaim this.
--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
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