to French kiss; French kiss
tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
verbal sparring; duel of words
back of tongue; tongue root; dorsal
tongue ring; tongue piercing
coronal consonants of Middle Chinese
sublingual tablet (medicine)
sublingual gland; saliva gland under tongue
apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
sublingual administration (medicine)
alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
alveolar trill (e.g. Russian r sound)
dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip; to talk sb round
to be speechless; also pr. [ze2 she2]
argument; words; lips and tongue
to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
vicious talk; malicious tongue
the lip or vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument
tongue-tied; unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc)
loquacious; to have a loose tongue
talkative; to blather; to shoot one's mouth off; rap (genre of music)
to wag one's tongue; to speak glibly
tongue depressor; spatula
to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
(coll.) lisp; one who lisps
alveolar; consonants z, c, s produced with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
to gossip; to blab; a blab-mouth
retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
blue-tongue (viral disease of livestock)
to argue needlessly; waste time explaining
lively discussion with everybody talking at once
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
fight a battle of words; cross verbal swords
to gossip and meddle; to shoot one's mouth off; talkative
(lit.) quick mouth and quick tongue; (fig.) to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece; to chime in rapidly
glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking
clumsy in speech; poor speaker
clumsy in speaking; awkward; inarticulate
garrulous and sharp-tongued
garrulous and sharp-tongued
to parrot; to repeat uncritically what sb says
to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab