tsktsk

See also: tsk-tsk and tsk tsk

English

Interjection

tsktsk

  1. Alternative spelling of tsk tsk

Verb

tsktsk (third-person singular simple present tsktsks, present participle tsktsking, simple past and past participle tsktsked)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To make a tsktsk sound of disapproval.
    • 1970, Clarence L. Cooper, The farm
      "You're not supposed to talk," the guy at the desk tsktsked at us.
    • 1985, Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, The motion picture guide
      Tone takes Davis to his Connecticut home where housekeeper Skipworth tsktsks as Davis gets demanding and asks for booze.
    • 2009, Erin Downing, Drive Me Crazy
      Adam tsktsked at her. “You are such a snob, Lex. What would you say if I told you we were going swimming at a country club?”

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