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tongued

/ tʌŋd /

adjective

    1. having a tongue or tongues

    2. ( in combination )

      long-tongued

  1. (in combination) having a manner of speech as specified

    sharp-tongued

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Each note is tongued, but it’s a lyrical line.

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Edwards, silver haired, silver tongued and always nattily attired had been elected governor four times despite a penchant for scandal that eventually led to his imprisonment on federal corruption charges.

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I nicked the tip of the sausage with the spoon and tongued it around before crushing it between my teeth.

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He accused the state’s Democratic attorney general of being “fork tongued” and Republicans in the state legislature of being members of a “right-wing hootenanny.”

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Some tongued plugs of tobacco and munched on day-old Domino’s Pizza.

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