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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
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