Tsk (Verb)
Meaning
Utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She tsked her tongue in disapproval at her little brother's messy room.
- The teacher let out a tsk as she saw the student hadn't done his homework again.
- My mom tsked loudly as I dropped my ice cream cone on the floor.
- He tsked at the news of the company's financial troubles.
- The principal tsked under her breath as she watched the unruly behavior of some students.