n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: tongued ; tongu · ing \ ' t ə ŋ -i ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 archaic : SCOLD
2 : to touch or lick with or as if with the tongue
3 a : to cut a tongue on < tongue a board> b : to join (as boards) by means of a tongue and groove < tongue flooring together>
4 : to articulate (notes) by tonguing
intransitive verb
1 : to project in a tongue
2 : to articulate notes on a wind instrument by successively interrupting the stream of wind with the action of the tongue