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tut-tut
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Princeton's WordNet
tsk, tut, tut-tutverb
utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval
Wiktionary
tut-tutverb
To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof
tut-tutinterjection
An expression of annoyance or impatience.
Wikipedia
tut-tut
Dental (or more precisely denti-alveolar) clicks are a family of click consonants found, as constituents of words, only in Africa and in the Damin ritual jargon of Australia. In English, the tut-tut! (British spelling, "tutting") or tsk! tsk! (American spelling, "tsking") sound used to express disapproval or pity is an unreleased dental click, although it is not a lexical phoneme (a sound that distinguishes words) in English but a paralinguistic speech-sound. Similarly paralinguistic usage of dental clicks is made in certain other languages, but the meaning thereof differs widely between many of the languages (e.g., affirmation in Somali but negation in many varieties of Arabic).The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the place of articulation of these sounds is ⟨ǀ⟩, a vertical bar. Prior to 1989, ⟨ʇ⟩ was the IPA letter for the dental clicks. It is still occasionally used where the symbol ⟨ǀ⟩ would be confounded with other symbols, such as prosody marks, or simply because in many fonts the vertical bar is indistinguishable from an el or capital i. Either letter may be combined with a second letter to indicate the manner of articulation, though this is commonly omitted for tenuis clicks. In official IPA transcription, the click letter is combined with a ⟨k ɡ ŋ q ɢ ɴ⟩ via a tie bar, though ⟨k⟩ is frequently omitted.
ChatGPT
tut-tut
"Tut-tut" is an exclamation or term used to express disapproval, reproach, annoyance, or sympathy. It is often used in response to someone's action or behavior that is considered inappropriate, unfortunate, or undesirable. The term often implies a mild, non-confrontational form of reproof.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tut-tut in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tut-tut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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