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triple-tongue
[ trip-uhl-tuhng ]
verb (used without object)
, Music.
, tri·ple-tongued, tri·ple-tongu·ing.
- to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
triple-tongue
verb
- music to play (very quick staccato passages of notes grouped in threes) on a wind instrument by a combination of single- and double-tonguing Compare single-tongue double-tongue
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Derived Forms
- triple tonguing, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triple-tongue1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
His eyes shone like fire, and he had a triple tongue and triple rows of teeth.
From Project Gutenberg
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