tongued

adj — 3 senses

tongued

adj

/tʌŋd/

Etymology From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

1

Resembling a tongue.

2

In compounds Having a particular manner of speaking.

  • He's a sharp-toungued boy.
3

Of wagons and farm implements Having a tongue for towing.

Derived terms
38 termsacid-tongued, blue-tongued lizard, blue-tongued skink, Cadena's long-tongued bat, close-tongued, disc-tongued frog, double-tongued, false-tongued, fiery-tongued, fork-tongued, foul-tongued, free-tongued, full-tongued, golden-tongued, honey-tongued, long-tongued, long-tongued bat, loose-tongued, lying-tongued, many-tongued, one-tongued, Pallas's long-tongued bat, Patton's long-tongued bat, quick-tongued, sharp-tongued, silver-tongued, single-tongued, slick-tongued, sly-tongued, smooth-tongued, soft-tongued, sweet-tongued, three-tongued, tonguedness, treble-tongued, twi-tongued, two-tongued, venomous-tongued

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