tongue

[[t]tʌŋ[/t]]

n. v. tongued, tongu•ing

1) anat. zool. a movable organ in the floor of the mouth, functioning in tasting, eating, and, in humans, speaking

2) zool. the tongue of an animal, as an ox or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling

3) the faculty or power of speech

4) manner or character of speech:

a flattering tongue[/ex]

5) the language of a particular people, region, or nation

6) (in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language

7) rel ling. tongues, speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy

8) clo a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe

9) mad a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side, producing a sound; clapper

10) mad a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument

11) the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it

12) bui a projecting strip along the center of the edge of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board

13) geg a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape

14) jew the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc

15) mad to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue

16) bui

a) to cut a tongue on (a board)

b) to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint

17) to touch with the tongue

18) to articulate or pronounce

19) archaic

a) to reproach or scold

b) to speak or utter

20) mad to tongue tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc

21) to project like a tongue

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- at give tongue give tongue to hold one's tongue (with) tongue in cheek

Etymology: bef. 900; (n.) ME tunge, OE, c. OFris tunge, OONtunga, OHG zunga, Go tuggo tongue′less, adj. tongue′like`, adj.