also tut tut
( tut-tuts, tut-tutting, tut-tutted)
1.
Tut-tut is used in writing to represent the sound that you make with your tongue touching the top of your mouth when you want to indicate disapproval, annoyance, or sympathy.
= tut
CONVENTION [ feelings ]
2.
If you tut-tut about something, you express your disapproval of it, especially by making a sound with your tongue touching the top of your mouth.
We all spent a lot of time tut-tutting about Angie and her lifestyle...
The doctor tut-tutted, dismissing my words as excuses.
VERB : V about n , V