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Tongued
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).
📖 Definitions of "Tongued"
verb
- 1
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).
"Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece."
- 2
To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
- 3
To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
"a soil horizon that tongues into clay"
- 4
To join by means of a tongue and groove.
"to tongue boards together"
adjective
- 1
Resembling a tongue.
- 2
(in combination) Having a particular manner of speaking.
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