tut-tutted
Origin:
1585–95
1585–95
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tut-tut ((pronounced as alveolar clicks; spelling pron) ˈtʌtˈtʌt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —interj | |
| 1. | an exclamation of mild reprimand, disapproval, or surprise |
| —vb , -tuts, -tutting, -tutted | |
| 2. | (intr) to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut" |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act of tut-tutting |
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Tut-tutted
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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