'Tonguing' definitions:

Definition of 'Tonguing'

From: GCIDE
  • Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tonguing.]
  • 1. To speak; to utter. "Such stuff as madmen tongue." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To chide; to scold. [1913 Webster]
  • How might she tongue me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tonguing'

From: GCIDE
  • Tonguing \Tongu"ing\, vb. n. (Music) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid "t;" in double tonguing, two strokes, as for "t" and "k," are alternated; in {triple tonguing}, "t, k, t," etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]