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動詞

tsktsk (三人称単数 現在形 tsktsks, 現在分詞 tsktsking, 過去形および過去分詞形 tsktsked)

1. (intransitive, rare) To make a tsktsk sound of disapproval.
   • 1970, Clarence L. Cooper, The farm

     "You're not supposed to talk," the guy at the desk tsktsked at us.

   • 1985, Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, The motion picture guide

     Tone takes Davis to his Connecticut home where housekeeper Skipworth tsktsks as Davis gets demanding and asks for booze.

   • 2009, Erin Downing, Drive Me Crazy:

     Adam tsktsked at her. “You are such a snob, Lex. What would you say if I told you we were going swimming at a country club?”

   • 2022 November 16, Christopher Muther, “Social media is ruining our vacations”, in The Boston Globe‎^[1]:

     Specifically, 40 percent of Gen Z and millennials determine the success of their vacation by social media reaction to their photos. Before you start wagging a finger and tsk-tsk-ing about millennials, the study also found that Gen X and boomers aren’t far behind them.