Definitions for tonguings

tonguings tongu·ing

Spelling: [tuhng-ing]
IPA: /ˈtʌŋ ɪŋ/

Tonguings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in tonguings (gginnostu).

Definitions for tonguings

noun

  1. the manipulation of the tongue in playing a wind instrument to interrupt the tone and produce a staccato effect.
  2. Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
  3. Zoology. an analogous organ in invertebrate animals.
  4. the tongue of an animal, as an ox, beef, or sheep, used for food, often prepared by smoking or pickling.
  5. the human tongue as the organ of speech:
  6. the faculty or power of speech:
  7. speech or talk, especially mere glib or empty talk.
  8. manner or character of speech:
  9. the language of a particular people, region, or nation:
  10. a dialect.
  11. (in the Bible) a people or nation distinguished by its language.
  12. tongues, speech, often incomprehensible, typically uttered during moments of religious ecstasy. Compare speaking in tongues, glossolalia.
  13. an object that resembles an animal's tongue in shape, position, or function.
  14. a strip of leather or other material under the lacing or fastening of a shoe.
  15. a piece of metal suspended inside a bell that strikes against the side producing a sound; clapper.
  16. a vibrating reed or similar structure in a musical instrument, as in a clarinet, or in part of a musical instrument, as in an organ reed pipe.
  17. the pole extending from a carriage or other vehicle between the animals drawing it.
  18. a projecting strip along the center of the edge or end of a board, for fitting into a groove in another board.
  19. a narrow strip of land extending into a body of water; cape.
  20. a section of ice projecting outward from the submerged part of an iceberg.
  21. Machinery. a long, narrow projection on a machine.
  22. that part of a railroad switch that is shifted to direct the wheels of a locomotive or car to one or the other track of a railroad.
  23. the pin of a buckle, brooch, etc.

Idioms

  1. find one's tongue, to regain one's powers of speech; recover one's poise:
  2. give tongue, Fox Hunting. (of a hound) to bay while following a scent. to utter one's thoughts; speak:
  3. hold one's tongue, to refrain from or cease speaking; keep silent.
  4. lose one's tongue, to lose the power of speech, especially temporarily.
  5. on the tip of one's / the tongue, on the verge of being uttered. unable to be recalled; barely escaping one's memory:
  6. slip of the tongue, a mistake in speaking, as an inadvertent remark.
  7. (with) tongue in cheek, ironically or mockingly; insincerely.

verb (used with object)

  1. to articulate (tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.) by strokes of the tongue.
  2. Carpentry. to cut a tongue on (a board). to join or fit together by a tongue-and-groove joint.
  3. to touch with the tongue.
  4. to articulate or pronounce.
  5. Archaic. to reproach or scold. to speak or utter.

verb (used without object)

  1. to tongue tones played on a clarinet, trumpet, etc.
  2. to talk, especially idly or foolishly; chatter; prate.
  3. to project like a tongue.

Origin of tonguings

First recorded in 1805-15; tongue + -ing1

Examples for tonguings

But the "view halloo" was quickly dropped and the tonguing of the dog was now in short, high-pitched yelps at one place.

tonguing and grooving can be used in such cases, but flashing with lead is a simpler process.

Fig. 15 shows a woody plant with one layer prepared by tonguing and another by ringing.

It did sound like a cornet, even to the tremolo and the tonguing.

For tonguing, the bit shown in Fig. 2744 is employed, the depth gauge g being adjustable in the groove by means of the slot shown.

Sooner or later his master would hear him tonguing and arrive to take charge.

Don't be afraid to switch a young dog some, to make him learn good from bad, like tonguing track and rabbit.

Word Value for tonguings
Scrable

10

Words with friends

15

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