1. tutu - Noun
2. tutu - Verb
3. Tutu - Proper noun
tutu (plural tutus)
A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
The ballet dancer representing the swan wore a white tutu.
tutu (plural tutus)
(New Zealand) Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.
Synonyms: toot plant, tupakihi
tutu (third-person singular simple present tutus, present participle tutuing, simple past and past participle tutued)
(New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.
Tutu (plural Tutus)
A surname.
I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu. Elle Macpherson
Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu. Jennifer Ellison
Except for Carrie Bradshaw's in the opening credits of 'Sex and the City,' I don't know if the tutu has ever really been trendy, but I want to wear one. I want to dance around in it, and I want that to be socially acceptable. Devin Kelley
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change. Jody Williams
Alec looked horrified, as if she'd asked him to put on a tutu and execute a perfect pirouette. Cassandra Clare
I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation. Bono