Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make such sound of disapproval.

More definitions
  • utter ‘tsk,’ ‘tut,’ or ‘tut-tut,’ as in disapproval

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom tsk-tsked.

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Origin

Onomatopoeic expressive.

Onomatopoeic expressive.

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Forms

tsks, tsking, tsked, tsked
Base formtsk · to tsk
3rd person singulartsks
Present participletsking
Past simpletsked
Past participletsked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytsk
he, she, ittsks

Past simpleLesson

all personstsked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tsked
he, she, ithas tsked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tsk

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • utter ‘tsk,’ ‘tut,’ or ‘tut-tut,’ as in disapproval:tuttut-tut

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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