Definition: metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Similar words: striker
Definition: the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
Synonyms: tongue
Definition: the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
Similar words: flap
Definition: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
Usage: he wrote on the flap of the envelope
Synonyms: tongue, clapper, lingua, glossa
Definition: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Similar words: organ
Definition: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
Similar words: articulator
Definition: a movable speech organ
Synonyms: tongue, natural language
Definition: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Similar words: language, linguistic communication
Definition: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
Usage: he taught foreign languages; the language introduced is standard throughout the text; the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
Synonyms: tongue
Definition: a manner of speaking
Usage: he spoke with a thick tongue; she has a glib tongue
Similar words: manner of speaking, delivery, speech
Definition: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Usage: his manner of speaking was quite abrupt; her speech was barren of southernisms; I detected a slight accent in his speech
Synonyms: tongue
Definition: the tongue of certain animals used as meat
Similar words: organs, variety meat
Definition: edible viscera of a butchered animal
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
Similar words: projection
Definition: any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Synonyms: tongue
Definition: lick or explore with the tongue
Synonyms: tongue
Definition: articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
Definition: replay (as a melody)
Usage: Play it again, Sam; She played the third movement very beautifully