SkyfireDict

tongue   (TTS Sound)

The noun tongue has 8 senses

• tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper -- (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)


• natural language, tongue -- (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)


• tongue, knife -- (any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark")


• tongue -- (a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue")


• spit, tongue -- (a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea)


• tongue -- (the tongue of certain animals used as meat)


• tongue -- (the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot)


• clapper, tongue -- (metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side)

The verb tongue has 2 senses

• tongue -- (articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments)


• tongue -- (lick or explore with the tongue)