- 1to stop the flow of air into a wind instrument with your tongue in order to make a note
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- 2to lick something with your tongue
tongue
verbNAmE//tʌŋ//
tongue somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tongue he / she / it tongues
past simple tongued
-ing form tonguing
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