"tsktsk" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} tsktsk
  1. Alternative spelling of tsk tsk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tsk tsk
    Sense id: en-tsktsk-en-intj-8KkVT3hG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Verb

Forms: tsktsks [present, singular, third-person], tsktsking [participle, present], tsktsked [participle, past], tsktsked [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive, rare Translations (exclamation of disapproval): аяяйкать (ajajajkatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tsktsk-en-verb-~LNoKUvl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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