Tongues
/tʌŋz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Tongues
noun
- The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows).−
"cold tongue with mustard"
- (metonym) A language.
"He was speaking in his native tongue."
- Speakers of a language, collectively.
- Voice (the distinctive sound of a person's speech); accent (distinctive manner of pronouncing a language).
verb
- On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
"Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece."
- To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
- To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
"a soil horizon that tongues into clay"
- To join by means of a tongue and groove.
"to tongue boards together"
- To talk; to prate.
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