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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tonguing.]
     1. To speak; to utter. ``Such stuff as madmen tongue.''
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To chide; to scold.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              How might she tongue me.              --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
        playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
        together.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Tonguing \Tongu"ing\, vb. n. (Music)
     Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the
     performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute.
     In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the
     tongue articulating a rapid ``t;'' in double tonguing, two
     strokes, as for ``t'' and ``k,'' are alternated; in triple
     tonguing, ``t, k, t,'' etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tonguing \Tongu"ing\, vb. n. (Music)
     Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the
     performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute.
     In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the
     tongue articulating a rapid ``t;'' in double tonguing, two
     strokes, as for ``t'' and ``k,'' are alternated; in triple
     tonguing, ``t, k, t,'' etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tonguing.]
     1. To speak; to utter. ``Such stuff as madmen tongue.''
        --Shak.
  
     2. To chide; to scold.
  
              How might she tongue me.              --Shak.
  
     3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
        playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
  
     4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
        together.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tonguing
     n.
     A licking or lapping with the tongue.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tongue nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  tonguing
     n.
     A licking or lapping with the tongue.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tongue nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  tonguing
     n.
     A licking or lapping with the tongue.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tongue nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  tonguing
     n.
     A licking or lapping with the tongue.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tongue nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  tonguing
     Englanti n.
     ponttaus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Tonguing /tˈʌŋɪŋ/
  اللعق باللسان

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  tonguing /tˈʌŋɪŋ/
  Zungenschlag  [mus.]
   see: an unfortunate turn of phrase
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     振动拍摄

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