1. used to express disapproval, impatience, or annoyance
Usage: often repeated as ‘tut-tut’

1. to make a disapproving sound by clicking the tongue
Usage: intransitive

Examples

• Tut! You shouldn’t have done that.
• The teacher said ‘tut-tut’ when she saw the messy classroom.
• She tutted disapprovingly at his poor table manners.
• Tut, what a shame about the weather.
• He tutted under his breath at the long line.
• The elderly woman tutted at the noisy children.