int. [cf. TUT.] An exclamation expressive of impatience.
1825. Lytton, Zicci, 34. ‘Chut,’ I thought you spoke of Zicci.
1848. Dickens, Dombey (1865), II. 182. ‘Chut!’ said the old woman … ‘what signifies!’
1851. Mayne Reid, Scald Hunt., xxxi. ‘Chut, man! your tongue wags like a beaver’s tail in flood-time.’
