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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2831 COCA: 2871

tongue
1 tongue /ˈtʌŋ/ noun
plural tongues
1 tongue
/ˈtʌŋ/
noun
plural tongues
Learner's definition of TONGUE
1 
a  [count] : the soft, movable part in the mouth that is used for tasting and eating food and in human beings for speaking舌；舌头
— see picture at mouth
b  [count, noncount] : the tongue of an animal (such as an ox or sheep) that is eaten as food作为食物的）动物的舌；口条
2 
[count] : language
— see also mother tongue
3 
[count] : a particular way or quality of speaking说话方式；措辞
— see also tongued
4 
[count] : something that is shaped like a tongue舌状物；舌形物 — + of
5 
[count] : a long flap that is under the laces or buckles of a shoe鞋舌 — see picture at shoe
6 
[count] : a long, raised part at the end of a board that extends out and fits into a long cut (called a groove) in another board榫舌；雄榫 — see also tongue-and-groove

a slip of the tongue

— see 2slip

bite your tongue

— see 1bite

Cat got your tongue?

— see cat

get your tongue around

informal
◊ If you cannot get your tongue around a word or phrase, you have difficulty saying it.准确发声；正确发音。

hold your tongue

— see 1hold

loosen someone's tongue

— see loosen

on the tip of your tongue

— see 3tip

roll/trip off the tongue

: to be easy to say or pronounce容易说；容易发音

speak in tongues

◊ Someone who is speaking in tongues is saying strange words that no one can understand, especially as part of a religious experience.说天书；（尤指在宗教仪式中）讲无人能懂的语言

speak/talk with (a) forked tongue

— see forked

tongues (are) wagging

◊ If something sets/gets tongues wagging or if tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about something.议论纷纷

with (your) tongue in (your) cheek

: tongue in cheek
2 tongue /ˈtʌŋ/ verb
tongues; tongued; tonguing
2 tongue
/ˈtʌŋ/
verb
tongues; tongued; tonguing
Learner's definition of TONGUE
1 
: to produce separate notes when you are blowing air through a musical instrument (such as a trumpet) by using your tongue to briefly stop the flow of air用运舌法吹；吹奏
[+ object]
[no object]
2 
[+ object] : to touch or lick something with your tongue舔
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2831 COCA: 2871

tongue

1 of 2

noun

ˈtəŋ How to pronounce tongue (audio)
1
a
: a fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ
b
: a part of various invertebrate animals that is analogous to the tongue
2
: the flesh of a tongue (as of the ox or sheep) used as food
3
a
: language
especially : a spoken language
b
: manner or quality of utterance with respect to tone or sound, the sense of what is expressed, or the intention of the speaker
she has a clever tongue
a sharp tongue
c
: ecstatic, typically unintelligible utterance occurring especially in a moment of religious excitation
—usually plural
It would be like the miracle described in the Acts of the Apostles, demonstrated with healing, speaking in tongues and other signs and wonders. Dan Wakefield… where they can sing and shriek and talk in tongues and testify and have a part. Jane Kramer
d
: the cry of or as if of a hound pursuing or in sight of game
—used especially in the phrase to give tongue
4
: the power of communication through speech
5
: a tapering flame
tongues of fire
6
: something resembling an animal's tongue in being elongated and fastened at one end only: such as
a
: the flap under the lacing or buckles of a shoe at the throat of the vamp
b
: a movable pin in a buckle
c
: a metal ball suspended inside a bell so as to strike against the sides as the bell is swung
d
: the pole (see pole entry 1 sense 1b) of a vehicle (such as a wagon)
7
a
: the rib on one edge of a board that fits into a corresponding groove in an edge of another board to make a flush joint
b
: feather sense 4
8
: a long narrow strip of land projecting into a body of water
tonguelike
ˈtəŋ-ˌlīk How to pronounce tongue (audio)
adjective

tongue

2 of 2

verb

tongued; tonguing ˈtəŋ-iŋ How to pronounce tongue (audio) ; tongues
1
transitive + intransitive, music : to articulate (notes on a wind instrument) by successively interrupting the stream of wind with the action of the tongue
Playing [the bugle] and tonguing the note and making it come out exactly spot-on, that takes a technique and a skill. Bethann Dixon
2
transitive : to touch or lick (something) with the tongue
cows tonguing the long grass
3
transitive, carpentry
a
: to cut a tongue on
tongue a board
b
: to join (parts, such as boards) by means of a tongue and groove
tongue flooring together
4
transitive, archaic : scold entry 1

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun The cow ran its tongue over its lips. The taste of the spice was still on her tongue. The little girl stuck her tongue out at me. He spoke in a foreign tongue. English is my native tongue. They speak the same tongue. His sharp tongue is going to get him into trouble someday. Verb learning how to tongue notes on the clarinet See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The last, a whip of ricotta, mascarpone and cream cheese on a hint of crushed amaretti, glides over the tongue, hitting all the pleasure points. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 But my tongue is still swollen, [although] healing all the time. Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2022 The flavor builds, each bite adding up to the next, so that halfway through a bag, your tongue is pleasantly numb from the spiciness, your mouth is puckering from the sour. Mariya Karimjee, Bon Appétit, 20 Apr. 2022 Gustern would liken the mouth to a theater, and the arch over the tongue a proscenium. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022 Along those lines, a white tongue can also be a sign of dehydration. Scott Braunstein, SELF, 13 Jan. 2022 Your tongue might be a little sharper than usual, thanks to the perceptive Moon syncing up with warrior Mars in your communications sector. Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 31 Dec. 2021 Agni’s version balances sweet with tang in the sauce, which washes over the tongue like liquid velvet. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2022 Lengua gyutan, or beef tongue, soaked in a creamy mushroom gravy, seemed destined to cloy but turned out to be smooth, balanced, and savory. Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
Verb
An old lady lifts her skirts and orders a man to tongue her in the presence of an appreciative group that includes her own son; a kindly prostitute marks Tiller’s forehead with her menstrual blood. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021 Holy smokes, how much is your Rolling Stones tongue artwork worth?$150,000. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2020 Set in Ohio and based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller of the same name, Little Fires Everywhere follows the story of the Richardson family, helmed by picture-perfect and silver-tongued matriarch Elena. Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 20 Feb. 2020 Behind them, looks like Kevan Miller and his wife Haley seem to have gone as Gene and Ace from Kiss, tongues out and ready to rock and roll all night. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2019 Wale, meanwhile, plays the fiery, silver-tongued Orisha named Chango, an important link to Shadow’s unexplored past. Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2019 But along came demure Linda, delicately crashing onto the presidential campaign press bus; then entered bulldozer Nina, with major scoops on Douglas Ginsberg and Anita Hill; and in came tart-tongued Cokie with her savvy Congressional reporting. BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019 In Semple’s depiction, Bernadette is more than just crabby and eloquently viper-tongued; she’s possessed by a sociopolitical bitterness, as well. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019 The poison-tongued potty mouth crashed Stephen Colbert’s monologue Tuesday night and directed his brash brand of comedy at Colbert, late-night and, of course, President Trump. Libby Hill, latimes.com, 16 May 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

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The first known use of tongue was before the 12th century

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2831 COCA: 2871
tongue

noun¹

 1soft part inside the mouth舌頭ADJECTIVE | VERB + TONGUE | TONGUE + VERB | TONGUE + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤long長舌▸➤forked叉狀舌▸➤loose, sharp (both figurative) 口風不嚴；說話尖刻◇Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken's loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret).拜肯那張破嘴所賜，現在每個人都知道了。◇He has a reputation for having a sharp tongue.他說話尖刻是有名的。◇She could tear a man to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue.她那張尖酸刻薄的嘴可以在 3 分鐘內把一個男人批得體無完膚。VERB + TONGUE➤poke out, put out, stick out伸出舌頭◇It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.衝人吐舌頭很粗魯。➤run移動舌頭◇He ran his tongue nervously over his lips.他緊張地用舌頭舔着嘴唇。➤click咂舌；彈舌▸➤bite, hold (both figurative) 忍住話；保持沉默◇She was dying to say something sarcastic to him, but bit her tongue and stayed silent.她很想挖苦他幾句，但還是忍了下來，沒有說話。➤free, loosen (both figurative) 使自由自在地說；使無拘無束地說◇The wine had loosened his tongue.酒一下肚他就打開了話匣子。➤roll off, slip off, trip off容易說；順口◇It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue (= is easy to say).這不是一個很順口的名字。TONGUE + VERB➤hang out舌頭耷拉在外面◇The dog lay in a patch of shade with its tongue hanging out.那條狗躺在一塊陰涼處，舌頭耷拉在嘴外面。➤flick, flicker舌頭快速伸出／顫動◇The snake's tongue flicked out of its mouth.那條蛇吐出芯子。➤lick sth舌頭舔⋯◇His tongue licked dry lips.他用舌頭舔着乾燥的嘴唇。➤wag (figurative) 嚼舌頭；說閒話◇This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag (= people are beginning to gossip).這個島很小，人們開始說閒話了。➤find (figurative) 開口說話◇Before she could find her tongue (= speak) the door had closed behind him.她還沒有來得及開口，他就甩門而去了。➤watch (figurative) 小心言辭◇You just watch your tongue (= be careful what you say).你說話留點兒神。TONGUE + NOUN➤piercing舌頭穿眼兒◇I had a tongue piercing, an ear piercing, and a nose ring.我的舌頭和耳朵穿了眼兒，鼻子上帶了一隻環。PHRASES➤a slip of the tongue (figurative) 口誤◇He said it was a slip of the tongue (= a mistake in speaking) and apologized.他說那是一個口誤，並且道了歉。➤be on the tip of your tongue (figurative) 話到嘴邊◇It was on the tip of her tongue to refuse.她話到嘴邊想要拒絕。➤get your tongue around sth, get your tongue round sth (BrE, figurative) 準確地發出⋯音◇He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.他唸我的名字有困難。➤a tongue of fire, a tongue of flame火舌◇Tongues of flame licked up the walls.火舌吞噬了牆壁。
tongue

noun²

 2a language語言ADJECTIVE | VERB + TONGUE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤mother, native母語；本族語◇She speaks English, though her native tongue is German.她說英語，不過她的母語是德語。➤common通用語；共同語▸➤foreign外語▸➤strange陌生的語言VERB + TONGUE➤speak說⋯語◇They were speaking a foreign tongue.他們在說外語。PREPOSITION➤in a/the tongue用⋯語言◇She could hear the men whispering in a foreign tongue.她能聽到那幾名男子在用外語竊竊私語。PHRASES➤speak in tongues (= to speak in unknown languages, esp. at a religious ceremony) （尤指在宗教儀式上）說異語

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