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tongue

/ˈtʌŋ/

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noun

plural tongues

[count] :the soft, movable part in the mouth that is used for tasting and eating food and in human beings for speaking

The cow ran its tongue over its lips.

The taste of the spice was still on her tongue.

The little girl stuck her tongue out at me.

My mom shook her head and clicked her tongue [=made a noise with her tongue] in disapproval.

[count, noncount] :the tongue of an animal (such as an ox or sheep) that is eaten as food

[count] :language

He spoke in a foreign tongue.

English is my native tongue.

They speak the same tongue. - see also mother tongue

[count] :a particular way or quality of speaking

His sharp/quick tongue is going to get him into trouble someday.

Although she was angry, she kept a civil tongue. [=she was polite]

Watch your tongue, young man! [=don't say rude or offensive things] - see also tongued

[count] :something that is shaped like a tongue - + of

tongues of fire/flame

[count] :a long flap that is under the laces or buckles of a shoe - see picture at mouth

[count] :a long, raised part at the end of a board that extends out and fits into a long cut (called a groove) in another board - see also tongue-and-groove

a slip of the tongue

xem slip

bite your tongue

xem bite

Cat got your tongue?

xem cat

get your tongue around

informal

If you cannot get your tongue around a word or phrase, you have difficulty saying it.

I can't get my tongue around his last name.

hold your tongue

xem hold

loosen someone's tongue

xem loosen

on the tip of your tongue

xem tip

roll/trip off the tongue

to be easy to say or pronounce

The name just rolls off the tongue.

speak in tongues

Someone who is speaking in tongues is saying strange words that no one can understand, especially as part of a religious experience.

speak/talk with (a) forked tongue

xem forked

tongues (are) wagging

If something sets/gets tongues wagging or if tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about something.

The news of their engagement set tongues wagging. = Tongues were wagging over their engagement.

with (your) tongue in (your) cheek

tongue in cheek

He was talking with his tongue in his cheek.

verb

tongues; tongued; tonguing

to produce separate notes when you are blowing air through a musical instrument (such as a trumpet) by using your tongue to briefly stop the flow of air [+ obj]

learning how to tongue notes on the clarinet [no obj]

notes produced by tonguing

[+ obj] :to touch or lick something with your tongue

tongue a cigarette

* Các từ tương tự:
tongue depressor, tongue in cheek, tongue twister, tongue-and-groove, tongued, tongue-lashing, tongue-tied