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tut-tut

  [pronounced as two alveolar clicks; spelling pron. tuht-tuht]
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–interjection, noun, verb (used without object), -tut⋅ted, -tut⋅ting.
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Origin:
1585–95
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tut

  [pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tuht] interjection, noun, verb, tut⋅ted, tut⋅ting.
–interjection
1. (used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.)
2. for shame!
–noun
3. an exclamation of “tut.”
–verb (used without object)
4. to utter the exclamation “tut.”
Also, tut-tut.

Origin:
1520–30
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Word Origin & History

tut 
1529, along with tush (1440), a natural interjection expressing contempt.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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