tut-tut

Tut-tut is defined as something said to show annoyance or to call someone on bad behavior.

(interjection)

An example of tut-tut is what someone says when talking about a congressman who got caught in a sex scandal.

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See tut-tut in Webster's New World College Dictionary

interjection, noun, intransitive verb

See tut-tut in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb 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).

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Origin: Imitative

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