tongue
- noun
- /tʌŋ/
- The warm taste of ox lay lightly on his tongue, saliva running in his mouth.
- tongue movement
- tongue tip
- tongue pressure
I don't want to touch my tongue, all right?
- I don't want to touch my tongue, all right?
- Do you like it if you put it on my tongue yourself?
- Now pull back your tongue and you get push, push.
- I'm going to pull the tongue down and do the same thing.
- plus, uh, air pressure through my tongue and lips?
- Boris Becker, if you know when he's serving, his tongue sticks out a little bit.
- So yeah, just floss, mouthwash, tongue brush, you're good.
- And also if I move my tongue, it does this.
- OK, it's the morning after the beef tongue has been acquired.
Examples
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I'm going to just let that coffee sit on my tongue for five seconds.
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When I got to his chin, I saw his tongue resting there.
Academic text (2017) -
Now pull back your tongue and you get push, push.
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Just point out your tongue and someone could know.
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You need to roll your tongue hard.
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You need to bite your tongue.
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The frog is bad; he is black with red eyes, a red tongue, and some spots.
Academic text (2012) -
Taste resides on the tip of the tongue, and its object is flavor.
Academic text (2013) -
Your tongue is black.
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The chef seasoned the dish by using his tongue to taste it carefully.
Synonyms
A cow's tongue that is cooked and eaten as meat
A part made of muscle in the mouth of animals or humans that helps you taste and speak
A soft muscle in the mouth that can move and helps you taste and speak
The tongue of an animal eaten as food
Idioms
- Informal
Stop yourself from saying something you want to say because it would be rude
Compounds
- Informal
A small mistake you make while speaking, like saying the wrong name
- Specialized
A thin flat stick doctors press on the tongue to check the mouth and throat
- Specialized
A way of joining wooden boards by fitting an edge into a matching slot to make a flat strong surface
- Specialized
A temporary dark patch that appears on the tongue often after antibiotics
- Specialized
A fern with long flat pale green leaves that grows on trees or on the ground in warm places
- Indian
A tropical plant from Southeast Asia with large leaves, a dark red flower part, and edible underground stems
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped figures alternating with small pointed shapes
- Specialized
A harmless mouth problem where the tongue looks dark and furry because tiny bumps grow too long, often after antibiotics
A small garden plant with bright, soft, trumpet-shaped flowers often yellow or purple
- Specialized
A small flat sea fish with both eyes on the left side found on sandy bottoms
- Specialized
A small piece of skin under the tongue is too short from birth and stops the tongue moving well
- Specialized
A small wormlike parasite with hooks that lives inside the nose of animals like dogs or cows
- Specialized
An orchid with blue or purple flowers and a tongue-shaped part on the flower's lip
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
- Archaic
Wheels with hanging metal hooks that lift one end of a log for pulling
- Specialized
A small North American spring flower with one yellow spotted blossom
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tongue comes from an old German word tunge that meant the soft mouth organ 'tongue', so the word still names the part you taste with and sometimes eat as food.