[pronounced as two alveolar clicks; spelling pron. tuht-tuht] 
[pronounced as an alveolar click; spelling pron. tuht] interjection, noun, verb, tut⋅ted, tut⋅ting.| 1. | (used as an exclamation of contempt, disdain, impatience, etc.) |
| 2. | for shame! |
| 3. | an exclamation of “tut.” |
| 4. | to utter the exclamation “tut.” |
| tut-tut (two t-like sounds produced by suction rather than plosion; conventional spelling pronunciation, tŭt'tŭt') intr.v. tut-tut·ted, tut-tut·ting, tut-tuts To express annoyance, impatience, or mild reproof: "those fussy fellows at the State Department tut-tutting about lack of reform in the political system" (John Hughes). [Imitative.] |