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tut-tut

tut-tut |ˌtət ˈtət ˌtət ˈtət |(also tut ) ▶exclam. expressing disapproval or annoyance: tut-tut, Robin, you disappoint me. ▶noun such an exclamation: tut-tuts of disapproval. ▶verb ( tut-tuts, tut-tutting, tut-tutted ) [ no obj. ] make such an exclamation: Aunt Mary tut-tutted at all the goings-on. ORIGIN natural utterance (representing a reduplicated clicking sound made by the tongue against the teeth ): first recorded in English in the early 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tut-tut

tut-tut |tʌtˈtʌt |(also tut ) ▶exclamation expressing disapproval or annoyance: tut-tut, Robin, you disappoint me. ▶noun an exclamation of disapproval or annoyance: tut-tuts of disapproval. ▶verb ( tut-tuts, tut-tutting, tut-tutted ) [ no obj. ] make such an exclamation: Aunt Mary tut-tutted at all the goings-on. ORIGIN natural utterance (representing a reduplicated clicking sound made by the tongue against the teeth ): first recorded in English in the early 16th cent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tut-tut

t ù t-t ú t 間投詞 名詞 動詞 =tut .

 

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