'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.]
Words containing 'Tonguing'
- Tongue,
- Tongued,
- Goose tongue,
- Lamb's tongue,
- Mother tongue,
- Serpent's tongue,
- To bite the tongue,
- To give tongue,
- To hold the tongue,
- To smite with the tongue,
- Tongue bone,
- Tongue grafting,
- Whale's tongue,
- adder's tongue,
- beef tongue,
- black tongue,
- bull tongue,
- calf's tongue,
- devil's tongue,
- double tongue,
- double tonguing,
- egg and tongue,
- foul tongued,
- furry tongue,
- give tongue to,
- hairy tongue,
- painted tongue,
- sharp tongue,
- silver tongued,
- single tonguing,
- slip of the tongue,
- smooth tongued,
- speak in tongues,
- tongue depressor,
- tongue fern,
- tongue in cheek,
- tongue lash,
- tongue lashing,
- tongue tie,
- tongue tied,
- tongue twister,
- tongue worm,
- tongues confusion of,
- tongues gift of,
- triple tonguing,
- Bird's-tongue,
- Close-tongued,
- Deer's-tongue,
- Dog's-tongue,
- Double-tongue,
- Double-tongued,
- Double-tonguing,
- Earth-tongue,
- Free-tongued,
- Half-tongue,
- Hart's-tongue,
- Honey-tongued,
- Hound's-tongue,
- Long-tongue,
- Long-tongued,
- Pleasant-tongued,
- Serpent-tongued,
- Shrill-tongued,
- Smooth-tongued,
- Snake's-tongue,
- Split-tongued,
- Tongue-pad,
- Tongue-shaped,
- Tongue-shell,
- Tongue-tie,
- Tongue-tied,
- Trumpet-tongued,
- Two-tongued,
- adder's tongue fern,
- egg-and-tongue,
- glib-tongued,
- silver-tongued,
- tongue and groove joint,
- tongue-fish,
- tongue-flower,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- tongue-lashing,
- tonguing and grooving plane,
- triple-tongue,
- yellow adder's tongue,
- cow-tongue fern,
- hart's-tongue fern,
- mother-in-law's tongue,
- bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek witty