Tonguing

Tonguing
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tonguing — [tuŋ′iŋ] n. the use of the tongue in playing a musical wind instrument, esp. for more accurate intonation of rapid notes …   English World dictionary

  • Tonguing — Kettledrum double cross beat. So called because kettledrums were associated with trumpets and borrowed the terms for their rhythms from those for tonguing[1]. Tonguing is a technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes us …   Wikipedia

  • tonguing — n French kissing. A term popular among British teenagers in the 1990s. It was included in Just Seventeen magazine s article, lingo of lurve (a guide to the slang of dating) in August 1996. ► We weren t actually doing it, only tonguing in the back …   Contemporary slang

  • tonguing — /tung ing/, n. Music. the manipulation of the tongue in playing a wind instrument to interrupt the tone and produce a staccato effect. [1805 15; TONGUE + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • tonguing — n. manipulation of the tongue when playing a wind instrument in order to discontinue the tone and produce a staccato effect …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tonguing — /ˈtʌŋɪŋ/ (say tunging) noun the manipulation of the tongue in playing a wind instrument to interrupt the sound produced to establish separate notes. {tongu(e) + ing1} …  

  • tonguing — n. Mus. the technique of playing a wind instrument using the tongue to articulate certain notes …   Useful english dictionary

  • double tonguing — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • single tonguing — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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