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 [pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tisk] Example Sentences Origin

tsk

  [pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tisk]
interjection
1.
(used, often in quick repetition, as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
2.
for shame!
noun
3.
an exclamation of “tsk.”

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verb (used without object)
4.
to utter the exclamation “tsk.”
Also, tsk·tsk.
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Example Sentences
  • There's a tsk, tsk and inappropriateness to her behavior.
  • Then he continued to tsk and chide me about my poor choice of language.
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Word Origin & History

tsk
sound expressing commisseration or disapproval, 1947; as a verb, tsk-tsk is recorded from 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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