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tongue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clapper, glossa, lingua |
| Type of | organ, articulator |
tongue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knife |
| Type of | projection |
tongues of flame licked at the walls.
tongue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | speech, manner of speaking, delivery |
| Has types | sharp tongue |
he spoke with a thick tongue.
she has a glib tongue.
tongue::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spiel, play |
| Has types | double tongue, triple-tongue |
tongue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | flap |
tongue::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | variety meat, organs |
| Has types | beef tongue, calf's tongue |
Examples of tongue
tongue
The added height fills the mouth and dissolves on the tongue, sweet-salty bliss.
From the bloomberg.com
She began sticking her tongue out like a snake and hissing and rolling her eyes.
From the latimes.com
The game room is finished with chunky timbers and dark, tongue-in-groove boards.
From the freep.com
Murray's new Twitter-phobic stance was partly tongue in cheek, but not entirely.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Sir Paul largely held his tongue while the Government set about economic change.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Men are far more likely to contract HPV-caused tonsil and base-of-tongue cancer.
From the omaha.com
One man, an Afghan father of three, stuck out his tongue as the shutter clicked.
From the sacbee.com
It wasn't a snub, but instead just an oversight, I told Farley, tongue in cheek.
From the timesunion.com
By opening up the polynia, the loss of the ice tongue could affect this process.
From the newscientist.com
- Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
- A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- Lick or explore with the tongue
- Natural language: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- Any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
- A manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
- The tongue is a group of muscles on the floor of the mouth that manipulates food for mastication. It is the primary organ of taste, as much of the upper surface of the tongue is covered in papillae and taste buds. ...
- Tongue (Tunga from Old Norse Tunga) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland (in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal.
- Tongues or langues were the geographic-cultural subgroupings of the members of the Knights of Rhodes/Maltese Knights from the 14th to the 18th century. Functionally they corresponded roughly to the Provinces of other religious orders.
