Tutu definition

to͝oto͝o
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A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.

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A very short, full, projecting skirt worn by ballerinas.
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A short skirt, often consisting of many layers of gathered sheer fabric, worn by ballerinas.
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tutu
Plural:
tutus

Origin of tutu

  • French perhaps alteration of cucu baby-talk reduplication of cul buttocks culotte

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French tutu, an alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul (“butt, bum, arse").

    From Wiktionary

Tutu Sentence Examples

  • On the refusal of the Fanti to deliver up the fugitives, Osai Tutu invaded their country, defeated them and drove them towards the sea.

  • On the very day of this defeat Osai Tutu Quamina died and was succeeded by Osai Okoto.

  • In 1800, Osai Tutu Quamina, an enterprising and ambitious man, who appears early to have formed the desire of opening a communication with white nations, became king.

  • Of poisonous plants only the berries of the tutu and the karaka are worth notice.

  • Osai Tutu Early relations may be considered as the real founder of the Ashanti with the power.

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