Meanings
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present singular third person tuts · participle present tutting · participle past tutted · past tutted
- To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
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- Southern EnglanduncountableRubbish.
Cracking excuse: credible, watertight and yet patently a load of old tut.
2012, M.T. Maguire, The Wrong Stuff: K'Barthan Series: Part 22 more examples
Such stupidness is mad 'cause nothing underfoot comes to nothing less to add to a load of old tut.
1977, Ian Drury, the Blockheads, Clever Trevor“Well there's a load of old tut in the cupboard next to Felicia's room,” she said grudgingly.
2017, Marilyn Messik, Witch Dust
present singular third person tuts · participle present tutting · participle past tutted · past tutted
- obsoleteTo work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.
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present singular third person tuts · participle present tutting · participle past tutted · past tutted
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- informalNickname for Tutankhamon.
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionTut tut; an expression of disapproval.
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Origin
tut · noun
Compare Swedish tut (“a point, pipe, tube”), Danish tut (“a cornet”).
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Cite this entry
tut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tut
“tut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tut. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tut.
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