English Explanatory Dictionary

tonguing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of tongue
noun
  1. A licking or lapping with the tongue.
  2. A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
  3. Cutting off strips of blubber in the butchering of a whale.

Word forms

tonguing tonguings

Derived words

double-tonguing triple-tonguing
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