"tutu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtutu/ [US], /ˈtuːtuː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tutu.wav Forms: tutus [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtuː Etymology: Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tutu}} French tutu Head templates: {{en-noun}} tutu (plural tutus)
  1. A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. Translations (ballet skirt): tutu (Afrikaans), tutú [masculine] (Catalan), 芭蕾舞裙 (bālěiwǔqún) (Chinese Mandarin), strutteskørt [neuter] (Danish), tutu [masculine] (Dutch), tutu (Finnish), tutu [masculine] (French), Tutu [neuter] (German), tütü (Hungarian), tútú [masculine] (Irish), tutù [masculine] (Italian), チュチュ (chuchu) (Japanese), 튀튀 (twitwi) (Korean), tutu [masculine] (Maltese), strutteskjørt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), strutteskjørt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tutu [masculine] (Portuguese), па́чка (páčka) [feminine] (Russian), tutú [masculine] (Spanish), tutu [common-gender] (Swedish), tütü (Turkish), váy xoè (Vietnamese)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈtʉːˌtʉː] [New-Zealand] Forms: tutus [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tutu. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mi|tutu}} Maori tutu Head templates: {{en-noun}} tutu (plural tutus)
  1. (New Zealand) Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared. Tags: New-Zealand Categories (topical): Clothing Categories (lifeform): Cucurbitales order plants Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi Derived forms: tutin
    Sense id: en-tutu-en-noun-AMqittim Disambiguation of Clothing: 25 70 5 Disambiguation of Cucurbitales order plants: 17 55 28 Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 50 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 56 21 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 33 45 22 Disambiguation of Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 5 4 6 10 3 0 4 4 4 4 0 0 1 0 5 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 5 5 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtʊtʉː/ [New-Zealand] Forms: tutus [present, singular, third-person], tutuing [participle, present], tutued [participle, past], tutued [past]
Etymology: From Maori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mi|tutū|gloss=mischievous, disobedient}} Maori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)
  1. (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something. Tags: New-Zealand, childish
    Sense id: en-tutu-en-verb-ymZD7EIy Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 41 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈtuːtuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-uːtuː"
    },
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "tutu"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutú"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bālěiwǔqún",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "芭蕾舞裙"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "strutteskørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "tütü"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tútú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutù"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chuchu",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "チュチュ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "twitwi",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "튀튀"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "strutteskjørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "strutteskjørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "páčka",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tutú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "tütü"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ballet skirt",
      "word": "váy xoè"
    }
  ],
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    "en:Tutu",
    "en:Tutu (clothing)"
  ],
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}

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        "Any of certain members of genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand, including Coriaria arborea and Coriaria pottsiana, used by the Maori to make a sweetener, but toxic when not properly prepared."
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      ],
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          "word": "tupakihi"
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        "present"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English childish terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016 July 14, “New Plymouth sign maker invests in enormous flatbed printer”, in Stuff",
          "text": "There were seven dudes here for a week just showing me how to use it and I just wanted them to leave so I could start tutuing with it.",
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        }
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        "to fiddle or mess around with something."
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          "fiddle",
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          "mess around"
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        "(New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something."
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        "New-Zealand",
        "childish"
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    {
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}

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