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    [Verb]  | "tsk-tsk" | \ ˈtisk-ˌtisk \


    1: to express disapproval of by or as if by uttering tsk

    2: to tsk-tsk someone or something


    Origin: 1943 ;

    [Verb]  | "tsk-tsk" 


    1: to hold an unfavorable opinion of;


      * e.g., " ... some guests tsk-tsked the fact that the bride and groom were taking selfies "





     [ "tsk tsk" ]

    1: A sound made with the mouth to indicate that someone is being naughty/disobedient.

      * e.g.,  ... <@bibite> i decided i'm gonna call in sick tomorrow :P 

     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    1: 1/ I disapprove;

      * e.g.,  ... 1/ Tsk Tsk! You're far too young to smoke! 


     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    2: 2/ You've been naughty;

      * e.g.,  ... 2/ Tsk tsk, Tracking mud inside? I'm telling on you! 


     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    3: 3/ What a shame;

      * e.g.,  ... 3/ Homeless and derelict, at age 20? Tsk tsk! 


     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    4: 4/ How embarrassing for you;

      * e.g.,  ... 4/ They called you that in front of everybody? Tsk tsk! 


     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    5: 5/ Isn't life unfair sometimes!

      * e.g.,  ... 5/ All those people, thrown out of work for the sake of more profits? Tsk tsk! 


     [ "Tsk Tsk" ]

    6: 6/ I commiserate with your sadness/suffering/ill treatment. Sometimes represented as Tch Tch or Tut Tut, Tsk is more a vocal sound than an actual word, and "pronounced" by forming a T-sound, but then sucking lightly on the palate. People only say "Tisk tisk" as a parody of the actual sound, making fun of the act of disapproval or shaming.

      * e.g.,  ... 6/ You poor thing, three broken bones in one year? Tsk tsk! 

     [ "tsk tsk" ]

    1: the clicking sound of the tongue pressing against the roof of the mouth used to express regret synonymous to "what a shame"

      * e.g.,  ... Maui: By the time the firemen arrived, there were just cinders left of the house. 

     [ "TSK TSK!!!" ]

    1: TSK TSK” is the sound created when you hit your tongue against the roof of your mouth / back of your teeth. It is a sound most Indians resort to when they are speechless and / or wish to convey they are sorry about something, typically a bad news / the poor state of affairs in the country – death, famine, epidemic, the likes!

      * e.g.,  ... TSK TSK!!! After all the respect I endow on you, this is how you behave!!! You disappoint me! 

     [ "Tsk Tsk Behaviour" ]

    1: When your boyfriend says some dumb shit

      * e.g.,  ... Wow babe I don't approve of this tsk tsk behaviour 

     [ "tsk tsk tsk" ]

    1: is a statement is when someone has done someting questionable its a response for when u disappointed

      * e.g.,  ... sigh tsk tsk tsk. 

     [ "《¤》Tsk《¤》tSk《¤》tsK《¤》" ]

    1: .

      * e.g.,  ... 《¤》Tsk《¤》tSk《¤》tsK《¤》 

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