tonguing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Your partner will be so eager to be licked and caressed that your introductory tonguings in this area just won't be enough."
- "Soon may the Wellerman come/To bring us sugar and tea and rum./One day, when the tonguing is done/We'll take our leave and go."
- "While there had been four parties operating during 1837, the following season saw a reduction to three stations and one 'tonguing party' that salvaged blubber from the whale carcasses discarded by pelagic whaling vessels."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
double-tonguing
triple-tonguing