TONGUING Definition & Meaning

tonguing

[ tuhng-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Music.

the manipulation of the tongue in playing a wind instrument to interrupt the tone and produce a staccato effect.

tonguing

/ ˈ��ʌŋɪŋ /

noun

a technique of articulating notes on a wind instrument See single-tongue double-tongue triple-tongue

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tonguing¹

First recorded in 1805–15; tongue + -ing ¹

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The dog tackled Rutilio and gave his face a thorough tonguing.

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Nurses and jail deputies make sure that inmates aren’t “cheeking” or “tonguing” the narcotics to give them to other inmates.

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The sheer mutability of his tonguing creates a seductive flow that is indeed the ideal of song.

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A skinny woman was eating a cupcake and talking on her phone, tonguing the icing as if she were on ecstasy.

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The strike of a hammer on the calf’s exposed femur revealed marrow with no resemblance to the pasty, whitish substance that domestic dogs are so fond of tonguing out of animal bones.

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