present participle of tongue

A licking or lapping with the tongue. / (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.

plural of tonguing

The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

(music, transitive, intransitive) On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).

plural of tongue

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tongue

Resembling a tongue. / (in combination) Having a particular manner of speaking.

simple past tense and past participle of tongue

Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual. / Pertaining or relating to languages; lingual, linguistic.