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tut¹

  • /tʌt/
  • [ǀ]
  • /tʊt/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌt

Where it comes from

Imitative.

interjection

  1. Tut tut; an expression of disapproval.

    Similar: tut tut

  2. Hush; be silent.

verb tuts · tutting · tutted

  1. To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.

tut²

  • /t(j)uːt/

Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

Shortening of tutorial.

noun tuts

  1. A tutorial.

tut³

  • /tʌt/

Where it comes from

Compare Swedish tut (“a point, pipe, tube”), Danish tut (“a cornet”).

noun tuts

  1. UK, dialectal, obsolete A hassock.

tut⁴

noun tuts

  1. obsolete A piece of work.

tut⁵

  • /tʊt/
  • /tʌt/

noun

  1. Southern England, uncountable Rubbish. Such stupidness is mad 'cause nothing underfoot comes to nothing less to add to a load of old tut.

verb tuts · tutting · tutted

  1. obsolete To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.

tut⁶

Where it comes from

See tutting (“dance style”).

verb tuts · tutting · tutted

  1. To dance in the style known as tutting.

TUT⁷

noun TUTs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of time under tension

Tut⁸

  • /tuːt/
  • /tʌt/

Where it comes from

Clipping of Tutankhamon.

proper noun

  1. informal Nickname for Tutankhamon.

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tut. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tut

Chicago

"tut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tut.

BibTeX
@misc{tut_2026,
  title = {tut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}