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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.
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2. To chide; to scold.
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How might she tongue me. --Shak.
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3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
together.
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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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