As much as can be taken up by the tongue at one time.

plural of tongueful

present participle of tongue

A licking or lapping with the tongue. / (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.

plural of tonguing

A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.

(pathology) Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”).

simple past tense and past participle of tongue-tie

(idiomatic) A mistake in speech.

(idiomatic) The trait of being clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way.