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Tongue

noun

A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. Synonyms: clapper, glossa, lingua.

A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language. Synonym: natural language.

Any long thin projection that is transient. Synonym: knife. "Rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

A manner of speaking. "She has a glib tongue"

A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. Synonym: spit.

The tongue of certain animals used as meat.

The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.

Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. Synonym: clapper.

verb

(past & past part. tongued; pres. part. tonguing)

Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.

Lick or explore with the tongue.

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"Tongue" Quotes from Famous Books

... and rose, warned by the glazed look in Susan's eyes. Susan was so far gone that she had difficulty in not staggering and did not dare speak lest her uncertain tongue should betray her. Maud walked her up and down the block several times to give the fresh air a chance, then led her up to a man who had looked at them in passing and had paused to look back. "Want to go have a good time, sweetheart?" said ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

... inextricably, as far as human power was concerned, surrounded with ice; and as the floe, acted upon by the pressure of bergs and ice driving before the gale, forced more and more upon the berg, we were glad to see the vessel rise up the inclined plane formed by the tongue of the iceberg under her bottom. Had she not done so, she must have sunk. Sending a portion of our crew to keep launching her boats ahead during the night, we watched with anxiety the fast-moving floes and icebergs ...

— Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; • Sherard Osborn

... he could do, in the way of repairs, etc. He pressed his suit in various ways, but the widow pretended not to see it at all till she had the old man down on his knees; then she played with him most adroitly, explaining that her lonely position left her open to the tongue of rumor, and that she could not allow him to call so frequently. She played her cards so well that the old man firmly believed she was a modest and retiring widow, and did not the law forbid him, he would have married her. As it was, she led him to hand her the deed of the house ...

— The Mysteries of Montreal - Being Recollections of a Female Physician • Charlotte Fuhrer

... tongue, dear one, and what thou sayest seems to have an accent from a finer world. I am at times ...

— A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... pupils; it deals mainly with the position of the larynx during the singing of tones in the various registers. Garcia describes how the larynx is raised and lowered in the throat, according to the register in which the tones are produced. He also notes the position of the tongue and the ...

— The Psychology of Singing - A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern • David C. Taylor

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