Definition: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Main entry: tongue
Definition: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
Main entry: tongue, clapper, lingua, glossa
Definition: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Main entry: tongue, natural language
Definition: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Main entry: tongue
Definition: a manner of speaking
Usage: he spoke with a thick tongue; she has a glib tongue
Main entry: tongue
Definition: the tongue of certain animals used as meat
Definition: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Definition: any long thin projection that is transient
Usage: tongues of flame licked at the walls; rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark
Main entry: tongue
Definition: lick or explore with the tongue
Main entry: tongue
Definition: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments