Definitions For Tongue

noun

• Metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
• The flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
• A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
• A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
• A manner of speaking
• The tongue of certain animals used as meat
• A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
• Any long thin projection that is transient
• The soft, movable part in the mouth that is used for tasting and eating food and in human beings for speaking
• The tongue of an animal (such as an ox or sheep) that is eaten as food
• A particular way or quality of speaking

verb

• Lick or explore with the tongue
• Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
• 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
• To touch or lick something with your tongue