tschschsch.

n.  the German sound of leaking gas, as in “Hemmerling Painting 52” by Rolf Hemmerling.

tsk.

interj.  a sound indicating annoyance or impatience.

<The Houston Chronicle wrote a tsk-tsking editorial deciding the city’s top bookkeeper suffered from a “judgment deficit.”  —Eric Gerber, On City Life.>

n.  the high-pitched alarm sound of excited Chirping Sparrows, as described in Know Your Bird Sounds, Volume 1: Yard, Garden, and City Birds by Lang Elliott.

tsktsk.

(also tsk-tsk.)  v.  to make disapproving noises.

<Everyone then began tsk-tsk-tsking at Irwin’s plight and marveling at Everett’s heroism, tsk-tsk, marvel-marvel, over and over.  —David James Duncan, The Brothers K.>

n.  “tsktsk” noises of disapproval.

<I got eight tsktsks.  —Richard Marcinko, Task Force Blue.>

v.  to say “tsk-tsk.”

<You must be prepared for scathing looks, stern “tsktsk”s, and even outright denunciations from passers-by whose mission in life is to mind other people’s business.  —Elizabeth Wetzel, A Is For Aggravation.>

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