tongue
verb/tʌŋ/
/tʌŋ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tongue | /tʌŋ/ /tʌŋ/ |
| he / she / it tongues | /tʌŋz/ /tʌŋz/ |
| past simple tongued | /tʌŋd/ /tʌŋd/ |
| past participle tongued | /tʌŋd/ /tʌŋd/ |
| -ing form tonguing | /ˈtʌŋɪŋ/ /ˈtʌŋɪŋ/ |
- tongue something to stop the flow of air into a wind instrument with your tongue in order to make a note
- tongue something to lick something with your tongue
Word OriginOld English tunge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tong, German Zunge, and Latin lingua.
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