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Tongue (Verb)

Meaning 1

Lick or explore with the tongue.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The cat began to tongue the ice cream cone, curious about the cold treat.
  • She tongue the spoon, tasting the sweetness of the dessert.
  • The toddler tongue the popsicle, making a mess of the sticky juice.
  • The dog will often tongue the bowl after eating, searching for scraps.
  • He tongue the edge of the popsicle, savoring the flavor of the cold treat.

Hypernyms

  • Lap

Related Words

  • Tongue (noun)

Meaning 2

Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • To produce a crisp note, one must tongue the clarinet reed sharply.
  • She learned how to tongue the syllables of the song as part of a vocal exercise.
  • In their rendition of the symphony, the trumpet players had to tongue the staccato notes rapidly.
  • To bring clarity to the piece, the flute player emphasized the importance of tonguing each word distinctly.
  • Proper tonguing techniques made the oboist sound more expressive.

Hypernyms

  • Spiel

Hyponyms

  • Triple-tongue

Related Words

  • Tongue (noun)
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