tut
/tʌt/
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Northern England/tʊt/
tut interjection: tut tut; an expression of disapproval.
Interjection
Verb (1)
tut (third-person singular simple present tuts, present participle tutting, simple past and past participle tutted)
- To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
Noun (1)
IPA/t(j)uːt/
tut (plural tuts)
- A tutorial.
Noun (2)
tut (plural tuts)
- A hassock.
Noun (3)
tut (plural tuts)
- A piece of work.
Noun (4)
tut (uncountable)
- Rubbish.
- 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
- Cracking excuse: credible, watertight and yet patently a load of old tut.2012, M.T. Maguire, The Wrong Stuff: K'Barthan Series: Part 2
Verb (2)
tut (third-person singular simple present tuts, present participle tutting, simple past and past participle tutted)
- To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.
Verb (3)
tut (third-person singular simple present tuts, present participle tutting, simple past and past participle tutted)
Noun (5) capitalized: TUT
TUT (plural TUTs)
- Initialism of time under tension.
Proper noun capitalized: Tut
IPA/tuːt/
Tut
- Nickname for Tutankhamon.
Synonyms of tut
Forms of tut
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | tuts |
| present participle | tutting |
| past participle | tutted |
| past | tutted |
| Noun | |
| plural | tuts |
| plural | TUTs |
Origin of tut
Imitative.
Shortening of tutorial.
Compare Swedish tut (“a point, pipe, tube”), Danish tut (“a cornet”).
Words formed from tut
Phrases with tut
Words that rhyme with tut
Questions about tut
- What does tut mean?
- Tut means tut tut; an expression of disapproval.
- What part of speech is tut?
- Tut can be an interjection, a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tut?
- Tut is pronounced /tʌt/.
Words near tut in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tut (page history and authors); TUT (page history and authors); Tut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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