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tsk definition

tsk (for n. and v. tisk; for interj., see below)

interjection, noun

(a sound) used to express disapproval, genuine or mock sympathy, etc.: a click, or sucking sound, made by touching the tongue to the hard palate and rapidly withdrawing it

intransitive verb tsked, tsking tsk′·ing

to utter this sound

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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