"tongue" Definition

Definitions for the word "tongue" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in man) for speech. 2 tongue of an ox etc. As food. 3 faculty of or tendency in speech (a sharp tongue). 4 particular language (the german tongue). 5 thing like a tongue in shape or position, esp.: a a long low promontory. B a strip of leather etc. Under the laces in a shoe. C the clapper of a bell. D the pin of a buckle. E a projecting strip on a board etc. Fitting into the groove of another. v. (-guing) use the tongue to articulate (notes) in playing a wind instrument. find (or lose) one''s tongue be able (or unable) to express oneself after a shock etc. Hold one''s tongue see *hold1. With one''s tongue in one''s cheek insincerely or ironically. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
“to TONGUE a person,” _i.e._, to talk him down. TONGUED, talkative.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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