Meaning & use
tsk
A sound made by clicking the tongue against the teeth to express mild disapproval, annoyance, or pity.
See it in a sentence
She let out a quiet tsk when she saw the mess left on the kitchen counter.
Tsk, tsk, he muttered, shaking his head at the broken vase.
A note on using this word
Tsk is usually written to represent the sound rather than spoken as a word, and it is often doubled as tsk, tsk for emphasis.
Words with a similar meaning
tut
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