单词 | tsk |
释义 | tskint. A sound expressing commiseration; an exclamation of disapproval or irritation. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > expressions of disapproval [interjection] fie1297 avoyc1300 spyc1315 comec1450 tuta1529 oh1533 hum1598 rufty-tufty1606 aroint thee!1608 hoot1681 boo1778 hoots1824 boo hoo1825 now, now1847 aw1852 tch1898 tsk1947 the mind > emotion > compassion > expression of pity [interjection] > expression of commiseration hard luck1726 bad luck1902 po po po1936 tsk1947 1947 K. L. Pike Phonemics ii. 41/1 Do you get..a sound resembling the noise of commiseration which is sometimes written in literature as ‘tsk-tsk’, or ‘tut-tut’? 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xvii. 277 ‘When she doesn't like a writer or a composer, it sort of dampens my..activity about him. I'm henpecked.’ ‘Tsk, tsk,’ said Ed extra clearly. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive xvi. 307 Balthazar..walked slowly..making the little clucking noise he always made with his tongue..Tsck, tsck. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xiv. 273 ‘Poor Carolyn Hastings is officially engaged to that dreadful Cowie boy.’ ‘Tsk.’ 1983 M. Gee Sole Survivor iv. 32 The constable went tsk, tsk and looked at us sadly. There was nothing he could do so he sent us home. Derivatives tsk-tsk v. (intransitive) to make this sound or utter this exclamation; also transitive, to say disapprovingly. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity or compassion [verb (intransitive)] > express by specific sound tsk-tsk1966 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > express disapproval by sound or exclamation hoota1225 hissa1425 hem and hawk1588 catcall1735 cluck1821 tut1832 fie-fie1836 boo1855 harrumph1936 tsk-tsk1966 steups1967 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation hootc1175 to clap out1550 explose?c1550 explode1563 hiss1598 exsibilate1601 to hum up, down1642 out-hiss1647 chuckle1681 catcall1700 scrape1773 groan1799 to get the (big) bird1825 boo1833 fie-fie1836 goose1838 sibilate1864 cluck1916 bird1927 slow handclap1949 tsk-tsk1966 tut1972 1966 M. Avallone Fat Death 47 ‘Mr. Noon,’ he tsk-tsked reprovingly. ‘You really pretend not to know?’ 1968 Punch 20 Mar. 428/3 No amount of tsk-tsking indignation and bitter wit will turn a buy into a bargain. 1976 New Yorker 26 Apr. 102/2 She tsk-tsks over Momma. Draft additions 1993 Also attributively and as n., (consisting of or resembling) an utterance of this sound. Π 1980 S. Trott When your Lover Leaves xi. 35 She was the only woman I knew that made that old-fashioned tsk-tsk sound. 1988 A. Lurie Truth about Lorin Jones iii. 42 Jacky made a tsk sound. 1988 Toronto Sun 13 Apr. 152/1 Nobody puts as much outrage into a few pithy ‘tsk, tsks’..as this duo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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