tsktsk

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?”

   • 2022 November 16, Christopher Muther, “Social media is ruining our vacations”, in The Boston Globe‎:

     Specifically, 40 percent of Gen Z and millennials determine the success of their vacation by social media reaction to their photos. Before you start wagging a finger and tsk-tsk-ing about millennials, the study also found that Gen X and boomers aren’t far behind them.

Translations

exclamation of disapproval

Russian: аяяйкать (ajajajkatʹ)