tongue
tuhng
- n a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- n a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- n any long thin projection that is transient
tongues of flame licked at the walls - n a manner of speaking
he spoke with a thick tongue
she has a glib tongue - n a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- n the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- n the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- n metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
- v articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- v lick or explore with the tongue
- Piercing your tongue leaves you vulnerable to cracked teeth, infection and other bodily danger.
- Speaking with a forked tongue used to be a bad thing.
- Can you roll up the edges of your tongue so that the tongue forms a sort of tube? If you can, you are a subject of interest to Researcher Alfred Henry Sturtevant of California .