tutting

noun — 2 senses

tutting

noun

The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.

For all his tuttings about inexperienced amateurs, he had not taken in a word that Nansen had said.2011, Fergus Fleming, Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole:

tutting

noun

Etymology From the English nickname Tut for Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, likening the geometric positions and right angles of the dance style to the perceived angularity of ancient Egyptian at.

A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).

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