Tongue in Bengali বাংলা
Tongue in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
Tongue in Kashmiri कॉशुर
Tongue in Malayalam മലയാളം
Tongue in English
- tongue⇄adj. tonguelike.
- tongue⇄expr. at one's tongue's end, in readiness for saying or reciting at any time.
Ex. to have names or dates at one's tongue's end. - tongue⇄expr. give tongue to, to express.
Ex. He gave tongue to his feelings. - tongue⇄expr. give tongue, to bay, as hounds do at the sight of game.
Ex. Coonhounds and other breeds give tongue when trailing game. - tongue⇄expr. hold one's tongue, to keep still.
Ex. ""Hold your tongue while I'm speaking!"" said father. - tongue⇄expr. on (or at) the tip of one's tongue, on the point of being spoken; ready to be spoken.
Ex. His name is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't seem to remember it. She had arguments at the tip of her tongue (Daniel Defoe). - tongue⇄expr. on one's tongue, almost or ready to be spoken.
Ex. The words had been on his tongue all the evening (Edith Wharton). - tongue⇄expr. tongues, glassolalia.
- tongue⇄expr. wag one's tongue, to chatter; gossip.
Ex. Every one who owed him a grudge would eagerly begin to wag his tongue (William H. Dixon). - tongue⇄expr. with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek, with sly humor; not to be taken seriously or literally; in a mocking manner.
Ex. He spoke with tongue in cheek when he said he enjoyed doing all that homework. He enjoys needling the wrong kind of reader - tongue⇄noun 1a. the movable fleshy organ in the mouth. The tongue is used in tasting and swallowing and, by people, for talking. Most vertebrate animals have tongues.
b. a similar organ or part in an invertebrate animal.
c. an animal's tongue used - tongue⇄tongue, noun, verb, tongued,tonguing.
- tongue⇄v.i. 1. to use the tongue.
2. to modify the tones of an instrument by tonguing.
3. to talk volubly; prattle.
Ex. Quiet, ye tonguing gossips!
4. to project, as a strip of land or ice.
5. to throw out jets, as of flame or - tongue⇄v.t. 1. to modify the tones of (a flute, cornet, or other wind instrument) with the tongue.
2a. to provide with a tongue.
b. to join (boards) by fitting a tongue into a groove.
3. to touch with the tongue or with a tongue.
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