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tongue

noun
  1. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
    clapper
  2. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
  3. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
    lingua
  4. a human written or spoken language used by a community
    natural language
  5. a manner of speaking
    “They spoke with a thick tongue.”
  6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat
  7. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
    spit
  8. any long thin projection that is transient
    “tongues of flame licked at the walls”
verb
  1. lick or explore with the tongue
  2. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments