tongue
121tongue|let — «TUHNG liht», noun. a little tongue …
122Tongue Point — is an area of the Salt Creek Recreation Area, in Washington, United States. The point is a rock out cropping that extends into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This outcropping is visible during low tide. At low tide it is accessible on foot. One can… …
123tongue-lashing — tongue lash·ing (tŭngʹlăsh ĭng) n. Informal A scolding. * * * …
124tongue-lash — tongue lashing, n. /tung lash /, v.t., v.i. to scold severely. [1880 85] * * * …
125tongue lash — index reproach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
126tongue-lashing — index denunciation, diatribe, malediction, obloquy, phillipic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
127tongue-tied — index inarticulate, mute, speechless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
128tongue worm — n any of a phylum or arthropod class (Pentastomida) of parasitic invertebrates that live as adults in the respiratory passages of reptiles, birds, or mammals see HALZOUN * * * pentastome …
129tongue twister — tongue .twister n a word or phrase that is difficult to say quickly …
130tongue and groove — noun uncount a series of long flat narrow pieces of wood that you join together along their long edges by fitting a raised part in one into a hole in the next …
131tongue-lashing — tongue ,lashing noun count INFORMAL an occasion when you speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong …
132tongue-tied — tongue ,tied adjective unable to speak because you are nervous or embarrassed …
133tongue twister — tongue ,twister noun count a word or phrase that is difficult to say because it contains many difficult sounds, especially ones that are very similar …
134tongue-lash — vb upbraid, rate, berate, *scold, jaw, bawl, chew out, wig, rail, revile, vituperate …
135tongue twister — tongue′ twist er n. a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, esp. rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.” …
136tongue-and-groove joint — tongue′ and groove′ joint n. bui a joint between two boards in which a raised area on the edge of one board fits into a corresponding groove in the edge of the other • Etymology: 1875–80 …
137tongue-lash — tongue′ lash v. t. v. i. to scold severely …
138tongue-in-cheek — [adj] facetious amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, dry, farcical, flip*, flippant, funny, humorous, in fun, in jest, ironic, ironical, irreverent, jesting, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, not serious, playful, pulling one’s leg*,… …
139tongue-tied — [adj] speechless aghast, amazed, astounded, at a loss for words, bashful, choked up, dazed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, shocked, shy, silent, stammering, uncommunicative, voiceless; concept 267 …
140tongue and groove — ► NOUN ▪ wooden planking in which adjacent boards are joined by means of interlocking ridges and hollows down their sides …
