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).

simple past tense and past participle of tongue

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tongue

plural of tongue

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

(nonstandard, rare) In terms of or with the tongue; lingually.

plural of Tongue

A village by the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC5956). / A surname.