double-tongue
[ duhb-uh l-tuhng ]
/ ˈdʌb əlˌtʌŋ /
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verb (used without object), dou·ble-tongued, dou·ble-tongu·ing. Music.
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.
Nearby words
double-tailed, double-take, double-talk, double-team, double-time, double-tongue, double-tongued, double-trailer truck, double-u, double-wide, doubleday
Compare triple-tongue.
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Examples from the Web for double-tongue
A double-tongue miter is made by cutting on the adjoining edges tongues which engage in each other.
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British Dictionary definitions for double-tongue
double-tongue
verb -tongues, -tonguing or -tongued
music to play (fast staccato passages) on a wind instrument by rapid obstruction and uncovering of the air passage through the lips with the tongueCompare single-tongue, triple-tongue
Derived Formsdouble tonguing, noun
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