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ˈtuˌtutu·tu

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tutu, Desmond Tutunoun

    South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)

  2. ballet skirt, tutunoun

    very short skirt worn by ballerinas

Wiktionary

  1. tutunoun

    A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

    The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.

  2. Etymology: From tutu, an alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul.

ChatGPT

  1. tutu

    A tutu is a short, often frilly skirt typically worn by ballerinas or dancers during performances. It is usually made of multiple layers of fabric, like tulle or silk, and is designed to flare out from the dancer's hips or waist.

Wikidata

  1. Tutu

    Tutu is an album by the American trumpeter Miles Davis, released in 1986 on Warner Bros. Records. Davis received the 1987 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on Tutu. Originally planned as a collaboration with pop singer/songwriter Prince, Davis ultimately worked with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller. Miller wrote and arranged all the songs, except "Tomaas", "Backyard Ritual", and "Perfect Way". The music is heavily inspired by mid-1980s R&B and funk, with heavy use of synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines. Tutu was produced by Tommy LiPuma and Marcus Miller, with the exception of "Backyard Ritual", which was co-produced by Duke and LiPuma. The album is named in tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. The track "Full Nelson" refers to South African politician Nelson Mandela. Davis' much earlier 1947 composition, "Half Nelson", was named after bebop jazz bassist Nelson Boyd. The cover was designed by Eiko Ishioka and photographed by Irving Penn. Eiko Ishioka received the 1987 Grammy Award for Best Album Package for her work as the art director.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tutu

    tōō′tōō, n. a New Zealand shrub whose black fruit makes a light wine resembling claret, while the seeds yield a poison like strychnine, and the bark, tannin—also called Tupa-kihi, Wineberry-shrub, and Toot-plant. [Maori.]

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  1. TUTU

    What does TUTU stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TUTU acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TUTU

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tutu is ranked #104602 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tutu surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tutu.

    87.1% or 149 total occurrences were Black.
    5.8% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
    5.2% or 9 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tutu in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tutu in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tutu in a Sentence

  1. Prince Harry:

    The photo was presented to me by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose friendship and inspiration were their own treasured gift, my wife and I had the honor of introducing our 4-month-old son to him back in 2019.

  2. Craig Ferguson:

    Desmond Tutu saying 'Be as authentically crazy as you are.' It was kind of like God saying 'Just be as crazy as you like.' I felt weirdly released by that, then, ultimately, that leads to me not doing the show.

  3. Congresswoman McSally:

    While we were in harm’s way in uniform, Kyrsten Sinema was protesting us in a pink tutu and denigrating our service.

  4. Prince Harry and Meghan:

    Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be remembered for Archbishop Desmond Tutu optimism, Archbishop Desmond Tutu moral clarity, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu joyful spirit. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was an icon for racial justice and beloved across the world, it was only two years ago that Archbishop Desmond Tutu held our son, Archie, while we were in South Africa --.

  5. Robyn Curnow:

    A lot of what sticks with you with Desmond Tutu when you're interviewing him is his laugh, his infectious sense of humor, his ability to make a joke of things, he has a positive energy that defies suffering, and he knows that he comes from a place where pain and suffering are probably more common, but he chooses joy.

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