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tongue
22 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural tongues
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
- The cow ran its tongue over its lips.奶牛用舌头舔嘴唇。
- The taste of the spice was still on her tongue.香料的味道还留在她的舌头上。
- The little girl stuck her tongue out at me.这个小女孩冲我吐舌头。
- My mom shook her head and clicked her tongue [=made a noise with her tongue] in disapproval.我妈妈摇摇头，啧啧地表示不赞成。
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
- He spoke in a foreign tongue.他说外语。
- English is my native tongue.英语是我的母语。
- They speak the same tongue.他们说同一种语言。
3
[count] : a particular way or quality of speaking说话方式；措辞 — see also tongued
- His sharp/quick tongue is going to get him into trouble someday.他那张刻薄/快言快语的嘴总有一天会给他惹来麻烦。
- Although she was angry, she kept a civil tongue. [=she was polite]尽管她很生气，但说话依然彬彬有礼。
- Watch your tongue, young man! [=don't say rude or offensive things]说话要注意，年轻人！
4
[count] : something that is shaped like a tongue舌状物；舌形物 — + of
- tongues of fire/flame火舌
5
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
bite your tongue
Cat got your tongue?
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。
- I can't get my tongue around his last name.我发不好他的姓的音。
hold your tongue
loosen someone's tongue
on the tip of your tongue
roll/trip off the tongue
: to be easy to say or pronounce容易说；容易发音
- The name just rolls off the tongue.这个名字很容易发音。
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
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
- The news of their engagement set tongues wagging. = Tongues were wagging over their engagement.人们对他们订婚的消息议论纷纷。
with (your) tongue in (your) 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]
- learning how to tongue notes on the clarinet学习怎样吹奏单簧管
[no object]
- notes produced by tonguing吹奏的音调
2
[+ object] : to touch or lick something with your tongue舔
- tongue a cigarette舔香烟
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
3
a
: language
especially : a spoken language
c
: ecstatic, typically unintelligible utterance occurring especially in a moment of religious excitation —usually plural
d
: the cry of or as if of a hound pursuing or in sight of game —used especially in the phrase to give tongue
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)
tongued; tonguing ˈtəŋ-iŋ 
; tongues
; 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
Synonyms
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
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 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
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
Time Traveler
The first known use of tongue was before the 12th century Phrases Containing tongue
noun¹
both
both
both
noun²
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