Meaning of "tut-tut" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF TUT-TUT

tut-tut  [pronounced as alveolar clicks; spelling pron]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUT-TUT

Tut-Tut is a verb and can also act as a noun and an exclamation.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb tut-tut in English.

Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WHAT DOES TUT-TUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dental clicks

Dental clicks are a family of click consonants found, as constituents of words, only in Africa and in the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. The tut-tut! or tsk! tsk! sound used to express disapproval or pity is a dental click, although it isn't a speech sound in that context. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the place of articulation of these sounds is 〈ǀ〉, a pipe. Prior to 1989, 〈ʇ〉 was the IPA letter for the dental clicks. It is still occasionally used where the symbol 〈ǀ〉 would be confounded with other symbols, such as prosody marks, or simply because in many fonts the pipe is indistinguishable from an el or capital i. Either letter may be combined with a second letter to indicate the manner of articulation, though this is commonly omitted for tenuis clicks, and increasingly a diacritic is used instead. Common dental clicks are: IPA I IPA II Description 〈ǀ〉 or 〈ʇ〉 tenuis dental click...

Definition of tut-tut in the English dictionary

The first definition of tut-tut in the dictionary is an exclamation of mild reprimand, disapproval, or surprise. Other definition of tut-tut is to express disapproval by the exclamation of "tut-tut". Tut-Tut is also the act of tut-tutting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TUT-TUT

PRESENT

Present

I tut-tut

you tut-tut

he/she/it tut-tuts

we tut-tut

you tut-tut

they tut-tut

Present continuous

I am tut-tuting

you are tut-tuting

he/she/it is tut-tuting

we are tut-tuting

you are tut-tuting

they are tut-tuting

Present perfect

I have tut-tuted

you have tut-tuted

he/she/it has tut-tuted

we have tut-tuted

you have tut-tuted

they have tut-tuted

Present perfect continuous

I have been tut-tuting

you have been tut-tuting

he/she/it has been tut-tuting

we have been tut-tuting

you have been tut-tuting

they have been tut-tuting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I tut-tuted

you tut-tuted

he/she/it tut-tuted

we tut-tuted

you tut-tuted

they tut-tuted

Past continuous

I was tut-tuting

you were tut-tuting

he/she/it was tut-tuting

we were tut-tuting

you were tut-tuting

they were tut-tuting

Past perfect

I had tut-tuted

you had tut-tuted

he/she/it had tut-tuted

we had tut-tuted

you had tut-tuted

they had tut-tuted

Past perfect continuous

I had been tut-tuting

you had been tut-tuting

he/she/it had been tut-tuting

we had been tut-tuting

you had been tut-tuting

they had been tut-tuting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will tut-tut

you will tut-tut

he/she/it will tut-tut

we will tut-tut

you will tut-tut

they will tut-tut

Future continuous

I will be tut-tuting

you will be tut-tuting

he/she/it will be tut-tuting

we will be tut-tuting

you will be tut-tuting

they will be tut-tuting

Future perfect

I will have tut-tuted

you will have tut-tuted

he/she/it will have tut-tuted

we will have tut-tuted

you will have tut-tuted

they will have tut-tuted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been tut-tuting

you will have been tut-tuting

he/she/it will have been tut-tuting

we will have been tut-tuting

you will have been tut-tuting

they will have been tut-tuting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would tut-tut

you would tut-tut

he/she/it would tut-tut

we would tut-tut

you would tut-tut

they would tut-tut

Conditional continuous

I would be tut-tuting

you would be tut-tuting

he/she/it would be tut-tuting

we would be tut-tuting

you would be tut-tuting

they would be tut-tuting

Conditional perfect

I would have tut-tut

you would have tut-tut

he/she/it would have tut-tut

we would have tut-tut

you would have tut-tut

they would have tut-tut

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been tut-tuting

you would have been tut-tuting

he/she/it would have been tut-tuting

we would have been tut-tuting

you would have been tut-tuting

they would have been tut-tuting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you tut-tut
we let´s tut-tut
you tut-tut

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to tut-tut

Past participle

tut-tuted

Present Participle

tut-tuting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF TUT-TUT

Find out the translation of tut-tut to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tut-tut from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tut-tut» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 啧啧啧
• Translator English - Spanish: tut tut -
• English: tut-tut
• Translator English - Hindi: Tut - Tut
• Translator English - Arabic: توت توت -
• Translator English - Russian: тут - тут
• Translator English - Portuguese: tut- tut
• Translator English - Bengali: টুট টুট
• Translator English - French: zut
• Translator English - Malay: Tut tut
• Translator English - German: tut-tut
• Translator English - Japanese: ちぇ、ちぇ
• Translator English - Korean: 혀를 차다
• Translator English - Javanese: Tut-tut
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tut -tut
• Translator English - Tamil: சீ-சீ
• Translator English - Marathi: Tut-tut
• Translator English - Turkish: cik cik
• Translator English - Italian: tut - tut
• Translator English - Polish: tut - tut
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тут- тут
• Translator English - Romanian: tut - tut
• Translator English - Greek: τσ - τσ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: TUT - TUT
• Translator English - Swedish: tut - tut
• Translator English - Norwegian: tut -tut

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUT-TUT»

Discover the use of tut-tut in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tut-tut and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Tut, Tut #6

ONE. I opened the door to my room and saw a terrible scene. A giant woman stood in King Tut's tomb. An even bigger cat crouched just behind it. “Anna!” I yelled. “What are you doing?” Sam and Fred pushed into the room behind me.

Jon Scieszka, 2004

The Theological Works: In Two Volumes

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Charles Leslie, 1721

Soulstepping: African American Step Shows

A-a-h, Tut, Tut, Tut, a-a-h, Tut, Tut, Tut. One brother: I said All: When he saw the Sigmas, it made him mad. When he saw the Kappas, it made him mad. A-a-h, when he saw the Ques, it made him sick. When he saw the frar, then he had to ...

Elizabeth Calvert Fine, 2003

Republic of Mozambique: Fifth Review Under the Three-Year ...

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International Monetary Fund, 2007

13 Shots of Noir

Tut, tut went the rain on the windscreen. At first it was only a shower but then it fell down in sheets. Tut, tut, tut, tut, tut. Oliver switched on the windscreen wipers but every swish seemed to be replaced by a tut. He opened up a bottle of whisky ...

Paul D. Brazill, 2011

OK Block Model Versus MIK Block Model: Optimization of the ...

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Moussa Magassouba, 2006

Federal Land Series a Calendar of Archival Materials on the ...

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Basix Recorder Method: Book & Enhanced CD

... of slurred notes. Tu tu tu tu tu etc. The same notes played staccato: Tut tut tut tut tu tut tut tut tut tu tut tut tut tut tut tut dut tut tu The same notes played legato: Tu- Tu - Tu- Tu- Du- Tu The same notes played with mixed articulation: Track 72 ...

Morton Manus, 1997

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Recorder: Everything You ...

The same notes played staccato: Track 70 Tut tut tut tut tu tut tut tut tut tu tut tut tut tut tut tut dut tut tu The same notes played legato: ..Track 7 1 i Tu- Tu- Tu- Tu- Du- Tu The same notes played with mixed articulation: Track 72 Tu — tut tut tu Tu ...

Morton Manus, 1996

A Dictionary of the Hok-Këèn Dialect of the Chinese ...

Tut Tut ilk^To see any one suddenly; to offend Tut against any one \ to deceive. ^ y^^V. fee k6 k&e A he*y, Mf pwaMl My, * ft & ^ % M ft ^boeylu>akok k'hwnd ketnS, tiitjUn VkwH tteS, Mti, riot having seen a youth for a short time, on meeting him ...

Walter Henry Medhurst, 1832

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUT-TUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tut-tut is used in the context of the following news items.

Poohs and tsks and pishes

If you can pooh-pooh you can probably tut-tut. One tut comes around in 1529 and becomes the verb tut-tut in the 19th century. Tsk is actually quite new coming ... «Michigan Radio, Jul 15»

Tut-tut: Head of restoration leaves Egyptian Museum after …

The world groaned in unison last week when it was revealed that Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's beard had been snapped off and stuck back on with the ... «The Independent, Jan 15»

Tut-tut, king's combustible

IT seems no one is safe from the curse of Tutankhamun. Not even the Egyptian king himself. PUBLISHED: 06:46, Sun, Nov 3, 2013 | UPDATED: 06:51, Sun, Nov ... «Express.co.uk, Nov 13»

A challenge to tut-tut parenting

“What works for me is not being too judgmental – the tut-tut mentality – and not ... LSG provided the childcare, but her own tut-tut mentality was severely tested ... «Financial Times, Aug 11»

Bangkok: Tuk-tuk tut-tut

Walking is deemed 'no good' in Bangkok, but beware some tuk-tuk tourist tours. Photo / Martin Sykes. Only fools get scammed. But we were new to Thailand. «New Zealand Herald, Jan 11»

The 'tut-tut' police keep us on the street and narrow

SESAME Street is now brought to you by the letter P and the letter C — for political correctness, that is. The fun police have slapped an "adults only" warning on ... «The Age, Dec 07»

Cabbies tut-tut over tuk-tuk taxis

The bitter dispute between tuk-tuks and taxis is set to intensify after it emerged the three-wheelers are to operate as a dial-and-ride service. Europe's first fleet of ... «The Argus.co.uk, Apr 07»