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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tut
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I would tut at people trying to climb in wellingtons, and roll my eyes at those in jeans.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tut

Tut \Tut\ Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.

Tut

Tut \Tut\, n. [Cf. Sw. tut a point, pipe, tube, Dan. tut a cornet.]

  1. An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.

  2. A hassock. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tut

1520s, along with tush (mid-15c.), a natural interjection expressing impatient or dismissive contempt.

Wiktionary
tut

Etymology 1 interj. 1 tut tut; an expression of disapproval. 2 hush; be silent. vb. To make a tut tut sound of disapproval. Etymology 2

n. (context Internet slang English) A tutorial. Etymology 3

n. 1 An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it. 2 (context UK obsolete dialect English) A hassock.

Wikipedia
Tut

Tuts may refer to:

  • Dental click, a sound used to express disapproval in English, often spelled as "tut" or "tsk"
Tut (river)

The Tut is a river of Mizoram, northeastern India. It is a tributary of the Tlawng River.

Tut (miniseries)

Tut is a Canadian-American miniseries that premiered on U.S. cable network Spike on July 19, 2015. The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Tut (rapper)

Kevin Adams Jr. (born December 19, 1991), better known by his stage name TUT, is an American rapper from Chattanooga, Tennessee. His debut mixtape, Preacher's Son, was released on January 5, 2015.

Usage examples of "tut".

It was pleasant at last to see him sitting in his chair in the dark little sitting room tut tut ting over the various items of news Mevrouw Beek was entertaining him with.

It was pleasant at last to see him sitting in his chair in the dark little sitting room tut- tut ting over the various items of news Mevrouw Beek was entertaining him with.

And when you showed me Festina and Tut, did I really sense their inner selves?

My only consolation was that Festina and Tut looked just as ridiculous.

Tut, Festina, and I threw ourselves forward, out the hatch, and into open air.

Tut began gathering his parachute, but Festina just waved at me to take care of hers while she set up a Sperm-field anchor.

Tut and Festina immediately went to examine the corpses, I turned my attention toward the disassembled machinery.

Plus Festina and Tut as soon as the Stage One system devised a way to rip them into smoke.

Nessa clucked and tutted at her while she leaned out over the parapet, passing her a bowl containing her one meal of the dayboiled neeps and flat bread.

When Alison explained that she was to accompany Milord in ten minutes, the valet tutted crossly and advised her to pick up a slice of the roast beef and a couple of chunks of bread.

Tutting over their age and lack of style, she pursed her lips and wondered if Milord might be planning to keep herself and Prettiman in his Town House to attend their young mistress.

When Laedo showed them his broken transductor, they clucked, tutted, and shook their heads.

The closest I ever got to ancient Egypt was doing a little overtime at the Tut exhibit.

Borri would find her and rebandage it, tutting over the swelling, trying to tell her that if she did not take care, the ankle would never mend properly.

Zorya Vechernyaya looked over his shoulder, tutted, and removed the wooden borscht bowls.