TONGUE TWISTER

Meaning of TONGUE TWISTER in English

Function: noun

Date: 1904

: a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds (as in “ twin-screw steel cruiser ” )

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TONGUE TWISTER — noun Date: 1904 a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds (as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE TWISTER — noun : a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate readily because of a succession of similar chiefly consonantal sounds …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONGUE TWISTER — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, esp. rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE TWISTER — n. sequence of words that are difficult to pronounce rapidly and correctly due to its irregular sequence of sounds (for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TONGUE TWISTER — Date: 1904 : a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONGUE-TWISTER — ■ noun a sequence of words, typically of an alliterative kind, that are difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly. Derivatives …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TONGUE TWISTER — [tongue twister] n (1904): a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE TWISTER — word or group of words made difficult to articulate by a close sequence of similar consonantal sounds. Tongue twisters are …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGUE-TWISTER — noun a word or phrase that is difficult to say quickly or correctly, such as 'She sells sea shells on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE TWISTER — ˈtongue ˌtwister BrE AmE noun [countable] a word or phrase that is difficult to say quickly
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE TWISTER — see tongue-twister
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE-TWISTER — also tongue twister ( tongue-twisters) A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONGUE TWISTER — see tongue-twister
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE-TWISTER — also tongue twister (~s) A ~ is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONGUE TWISTER — {n.} A word or group of words difficult to pronounce whose meaning is irrelevant compared to the difficulty of enunciation. …
Slang English vocab
TONGUE TWISTER — {n.} A word or group of words difficult to pronounce whose meaning is irrelevant compared to the difficulty of enunciation. …
Словарь английских идиом
TONGUE TWISTER — n. A word or group of words difficult to pronounce whose meaning is irrelevant compared to the difficulty of enunciation. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка; язык сломаешь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-TWISTER — сущ. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово n скороговорка tongue-twister скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE-TWISTER — Скороговорка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE TWISTER — Скороговорка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка; язык сломаешь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE-TWISTER — _n. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONGUE-TWISTER — скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
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TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка; ≅ язык сломаешь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка; язык сломаешь
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка, труднопроизносимое слово
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TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка, труднопроизносимое слово
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TONGUE-TWISTER — сущ. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONGUE-TWISTER — сущ. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONGUE-TWISTER — _n. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TONGUE-TWISTER — n. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TONGUE-TWISTER — скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TONGUE-TWISTER — _n. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TONGUE-TWISTER — [n.] скороговорка
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
TONGUE-TWISTER — n скороговорка
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
TONGUE-TWISTER — сущ. скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово n скороговорка tongue-twister скороговорка; труднопроизносимое слово
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONGUE TWISTER — скороговорка; язык сломаешь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TWISTER — buhawi
English-Visayan vocabulary
TWISTER — noun Date: 1579 one that twists, a tornado, waterspout, or dust devil in which the rotatory ascending movement of a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONGUE — Muscular organ on the floor of the mouth . It is important in motions of eating, drinking, and swallowing, and …
Английский словарь Британика
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWISTER — ˈtwistə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: twist (I) + -er, n. suffix 1. : one that twists: as a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TWISTER — (n.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
Английский словарь Webster
TWISTER — (n.) A girder.
Английский словарь Webster
TWISTER — (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
Английский словарь Webster
TWISTER — (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to …
Английский словарь Webster
TWISTER — ( n. ) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWISTER — ( n. ) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWISTER — ( n. ) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWISTER — ( n. ) A girder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — — tongueless , adj. — tonguelike , adj. /tung/ , n. , v. tongued, tonguing . n. 1. Anat. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONGUE — I. ˈtəŋ noun Etymology: Middle English tunge, from Old English; akin to Old High German zunga tongue, Latin lingua Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWISTER — noun a girder. 2. twister ·noun the instrument used in twisting, or making twists. 3. twister ·noun the inner part …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE — noun any small sole. 2. tongue ·noun the clapper of a bell. 3. tongue ·noun ·same·as reed, ·noun, 5. 4. …
Webster English vocab
TONGUE — [tongue] n [ME tunge, fr. OE; akin to OHG zunga tongue, L lingua] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a fleshy movable …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONGUE — in most vertebrates, an organ, capable of various muscular movements, located on the floor of the mouth. In some animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
TWISTER — twister BrE AmE ˈtwɪst ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ twister|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONGUE — / tʌŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the soft part in the mouth that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWISTER — twist ‧ er /ˈtwɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ twist , ↑ twister …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — I. tongue 1 S3 W3 /tʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: tunge ] 1 . MOUTH …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONGUE — n. & v. n. 1 the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONGUE — n. & v. --n. 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used in tasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in …
Oxford English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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