The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
Used in a Sentence
tutting
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for 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
The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tutting gathered in one view.
A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tutting.
noun
The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
noun
A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).
Example sentences
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.
It's all either meta-sperging about HN, banal fluff write-ups of things you just googled, or passive agressive sniping and tut-tutting.
Until then, the most you'll hear is A24 stuff, Kojima stuff, and tut-tutting about Ubisoft (almost certainly their first target).
There's some vague tut-tutting, but most people know it was going on for years.
Tut tutting ain’t gonna change that, people are still going to follow the instinct.
To be honest, I find your tutting about vulgarity in someone's cheat-sheet to be more obnoxious than the swearing.
If it was 25k in credit card bills from vacations meals out plus a 5k jetski loan, I'd be tut-tutting too.
However, I had a hard time quieting my Algebra teacher's memory from tut-tutting the example's lack of the other quadratic root.
Your tut tutting isn't going to get Maduro back in power.
It starts with an HR person tut-tutting about desktop sex.
Indeed - people in the West tutting while reading stories on their smart phone about large scale environmental damage due to rare earth mining in China....
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?
Quote examples
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..."
I'm not blaming HN specifically or especially, I'm saying that tut tutting about all those dumb "voters" and "Lysenkoists" is shortsighted.
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.
Pick "tutting schoolmarm" or "internet tough guy".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use 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 tutting mean?
The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
What part of speech is tutting?
tutting is commonly used as noun.