Synonym: language, speech, talk. Similar words: mother tongue, harangue, on guard, tongs, cotton gin, argue, vogue, vague. Meaning: [tʌŋ] n. 1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity 2. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language 3. any long thin projection that is transient 4. a manner of speaking 5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea 6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat 7. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot 8. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. v. 1. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments 2. lick or explore with the tongue.
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181. It's one language that I have real difficulty getting my tongue round.
182. It was his silver tongue that got him the job.
183. Before she could find her tongue the door had closed behind him.
184. She is too free with her tongue and is rather impertinent to people.
185. A couple of glasses of champagne had loosened my tongue and I said things that perhaps I shouldn't have.
186. It was on the tip of Mahoney's tongue to say the boss was out.
187. The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.
188. I wanted to argue, but I had to bite my tongue.
189. Anton lapsed into his own tongue when he was excited.
190. The snake picked up its head and stuck out its tongue which gave everyone a fright.
191. The new company will need to have a name that trips off the tongue and is easy to remember.
192. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out.
193. I couldn't get my tongue around the names of the villages we'd visited.
194. He bit his tongue off when he heard what she had said.
195. Don't be fooled by all his complimentary remarks — they were all said with tongue in cheek.
196. It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue .
197. I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him[sentencedict.com], but I had to bite my tongue.
198. I called her new boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name - it was just a slip of the tongue.
199. The man was so rude I had to bite my tongue to keep from getting into argument with him.
200. After a cruel tongue lashing, he threw the girl out of the group.
201. The dog lay in a patch of shade with its tongue hanging out.
202. He has a sharp tongue.
203. The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. Buddha
204. Why do some memories live only on your tongue or in your nose? Why do others always stay in your heart? Amy Tan
205. Have you ever paused to be grateful? For eyes to see, nose to smell, ears to hear, tongue to taste, hands to feel,(www.Sentencedict.com) head to think and heart to love? RVM
206. The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. Josh Billings
207. We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell. Pablo Picasso
208. A tongue is about the size of a bullet, but much more fierce and powerful. Anthony Liccione
209. Show your intelligence by listening as twice as you can talk, simply because we have two ears and one tongue. Epictetus
210. A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. Nelson Mandela