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Tutu Common

Tutu has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

South African prelate and leader of the antiapartheid struggle (born in 1931)

2

very short skirt worn by ballerinas

3

A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

4

Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

Verb
1

to fiddle or mess around with something.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
skirt

Origin

The word "tutu" comes from the French term tutu, which originally meant "bum" or "bottom." It was formed by playfully repeating the French word for "arse."

Rhyming Words
utu hutu putu mobutu burukutu kohutuhutu ee ## urutu desmond tutu
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