tutting

Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of tut

1. The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.

1. A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).

1. present participle and gerund of tut

Etymology

From the English nickname Tut for Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, likening the geometric positions and right angles of the dance style to the perceived angularity of ancient Egyptian at.