"tutter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tutters [plural]
Etymology: From tut + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tut|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From tut + -er., {{ety|en|:af|tut|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English tut Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English tutter From tut + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tutter (plural tutters)
  1. One who tuts (makes a tut sound in disapproval). Synonyms: tutster
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  2. One who tuts (practices the dance style known as tutting).
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Inflected forms

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