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English
Verb
tonguing
- present participle and gerund of tongue
Noun
tonguing (countable and uncountable, plural tonguings)
- A licking or lapping with the tongue.
1992, The Ultimate Sex Book:Your partner will be so eager to be licked and caressed that your introductory tonguings in this area just won't be enough.
- (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
- (historical) The butchering of a whale.
2010, Martin Gibbs, The Shore Whalers of Western Australia, page 17:While there had been four parties operating during 1837, the following season saw a reduction to three stations and one 'tonguing party' that salvaged blubber from the whale carcasses discarded by pelagic whaling vessels.
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