double-tongue

American  

[duhb-uhl-tuhng] / ˈdʌb əlˌtʌŋ /

verb (used without object)

Music.

double-tongued, double-tonguing

1. to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.

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double-tongue British  

verb

1. music to play (fast staccato passages) on a wind instrument by rapid obstruction and uncovering of the air passage through the lips with the tongue Compare single-tongue triple-tongue

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Other Word Forms

• double tonguing
  noun

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

double-tongue double-tongued

A double-tongue miter is made by cutting on the adjoining edges tongues which engage in each other.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

We ain't givin' you any double-tongue wag over this——" "I'm not saying you are.

From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre

At 12:50, track trumpeter Jay Cohen double-tongued the usual call to arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2020

Some saw an even more sinister subtext to Boies' opening statement and the incorporeal, larger-than-life double-tongued creature he described as luring unwitting followers to his crusade for world domination.

From Time Magazine Archive

To speak honestly, sire, the purposes for which he permits himself to be used do him no honour; and such a double-tongued individual bears no one fealty.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

The qualifications of deacons are laid down by Christ in the New Testament, at large: 1 Tim. iii. 8-14, Deacons also must be grave, not double-tongued, &c., and Acts vi.

From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by

Learn hence, ye simples, ere too late, What ills the double-tongued create.

From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke