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Tutu

//ˈtutu// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

    "The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu."

  2. 2
    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. New-Zealand
  3. 3
    very short skirt worn by ballerinas wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    to fiddle or mess around with something. New-Zealand, childish

    ""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.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu (“bum, bottom”), playful reduplication of cul (“arse”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Māori tutu.

Etymology 3

From Māori tutū (“mischievous, disobedient”).

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