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Recent Examples of tsk Speaking of wrong and disrespectful, here is a light tsk tsk for Kyle and West, who come home at 5:30 a.m. when everyone else settled into their beds to FaceTime each other across the house at 11:11 p.m. (make a wish!). Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tsk
Interjection
  • Williams also recalled witnessing the Super Bowl crowd boo Taylor Swift when she was shown on the jumbotron cheering on her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Highlights include a costume parade (for kids and parents), a Purim story and boo Haman and songs.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
Interjection
  • As usual, the Blue Moon employees are rowdy and ready to party; their festive spirits are doused with bah humbug reality when Maddie demands everyone work over the holiday.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As usual, the Blue Moon employees are rowdy and ready to party; their festive spirits are doused with bah humbug reality when Maddie demands everyone work over the holiday.
    Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Interjection
  • There’s that, ‘Oh gosh’ kind of ‘aw shucks’ thing going on.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Those two characters served as the yin and yang for the early MCU — Stark the brash, rakish genius; Cap the stalwart, aw shucks warrior — that became the franchise’s gravitational center.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024

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“Tsk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tsk. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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