Used in a Sentence

tut-tutting

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tut-tutting.

Editorial note

There's lots of tut-tutting here about the NSA doing what the NSA is supposed to do under the guise of mock upsetness or outright ignorance.

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Quick take

To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tut-tutting gathered in one view.

verb

To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tut-tutting.

verb

To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof

Example sentences

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There's lots of tut-tutting here about the NSA doing what the NSA is supposed to do under the guise of mock upsetness or outright ignorance.

2

It's all either meta-sperging about HN, banal fluff write-ups of things you just googled, or passive agressive sniping and tut-tutting.

3

Until then, the most you'll hear is A24 stuff, Kojima stuff, and tut-tutting about Ubisoft (almost certainly their first target).

4

There's some vague tut-tutting, but most people know it was going on for years.

5

I specifically avoided mentioning anything that would trigger any tut-tutting about the whole thing being a dumb exercise.

6

If it was 25k in credit card bills from vacations meals out plus a 5k jetski loan, I'd be tut-tutting too.

7

However, I had a hard time quieting my Algebra teacher's memory from tut-tutting the example's lack of the other quadratic root.

8

This is a basically a tut-tutting conga line at this point.

9

It starts with an HR person tut-tutting about desktop sex.

10

You may be right about what killed him, asshole, but how about you let his body get cold first before you start tut-tutting and wagging your finger?

11

No one seems to be as dogmatic or tut-tutting as much in this thread as you, so you should be aware that you seem to be unintentionally projecting.

12

Yeah, asking a programming question without some bitter old coder tut-tutting you is very much a selling point with AI chatbots, regardless of my reservations with the overall trend.

Quote examples

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Because it sounds like something a nitpicky, “nose all over your business”, tut-tutting Karen would say.

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It never fails: You can always find some pedantic creepy internet weirdo to start tut-tutting "now, now, let's think of the poor pedophiles..."

3

It looks like people are seizing this as a PR ploy -- shame General Dynamics, and make sure people who Google "General Dynamics Hacker Ad" get to see you tut-tutting and defending virtue.

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Basically: If half the energy spent on righteous tut-tutting about Rust (or whatever) was given to writing memory-safe implementation of "boring" stuff like webcam drivers and not the sexy junk that ends up on HN, there'd be a lot less need for the irksome tut-tutting.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tut-tutting in a sentence?

There's lots of tut-tutting here about the NSA doing what the NSA is supposed to do under the guise of mock upsetness or outright ignorance.

What does tut-tutting mean?

To express such a sound, especially as a mild reproof

What part of speech is tut-tutting?

tut-tutting is commonly used as verb.