SpellRight › Spelling
Raretonguing
The correct spelling is tonguing.
How to pronounce tonguing
verb
Say it like: Ton-gui-ng
The correct spelling is tonguing. On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive). For example: "Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece."
Usage Examples
“Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.”
“a soil horizon that tongues into clay”
“to tongue boards together”
Meanings
verb
- 1.On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound (alveolar plosive).
- 2.To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex.
- 3.To protrude in relatively long, narrow sections.
- 4.To join by means of a tongue and groove.
- 5.To talk; to prate.
noun
- 1.A licking or lapping with the tongue.
- 2.A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.