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Tonguing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbOn 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."
2.verbTo manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
3.verbTo protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
"a soil horizon that tongues into clay"
4.verbTo join by means of a tongue and groove.
"to tongue boards together"
5.verbTo talk; to prate.
6.verbTo speak; to utter.
7.verbTo chide; to scold.
8.nounA licking or lapping with the tongue.
9.nounA technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.

Synonyms

linguaglossaspitknifeclappernatural languagefluttertonguagelickingtonguefucktongue bathlick

Rhymes With

whingingdungingdingingbunginggingingtingingblungingkinging
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