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tongue [tʌŋ] N

mother tongue N

tongue depressor N AM

tongue-tied ADJ

tongue twister N

Usage examples with tongues

tongues wag
[ludzie] plotkują
to set [or start] tongues wagging
stać się obiektem plotek

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The reality is that the most vicious body shaming comes from our own waspish tongues.
www.independent.ie
They then lap up the insects with their sticky tongues.
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They are constantly ablaze, appearing as nothing so much as living, speaking tongues of flame.
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They have short thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to nectar feeding.
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He can master most languages that he comes in contact with, including their various dialects, colloquialisms, and sub-tongues.
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The final interview is of an old woman who shakes and sometimes convulses on camera while going in and out of speaking in tongues.
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As a small boy the spirit entered his mouth, a phenomenon known as glossolalia, and he spoke in tongues -- which, you could say, gave him his first audience.
www.independent.co.uk
We cast nets for new bats and release the previous night's catches after they lap up sugar water from our eye droppers with their long, pink tongues.
voices.nationalgeographic.com
While in these trances he would blaspheme and speak in tongues.
www.irishcentral.com
When they sense potential food nearby, they commonly twitch a toe to attract it within easy reach of their tongues.
en.wikipedia.org

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