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betongue

betongue verb: to assail or attack someone verbally, often by mocking, jeering or railing against them.

Verb

betongue (third-person singular simple present betongues, present participle betonguing, simple past and past participle betongued)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To assail or attack someone verbally, often by mocking, jeering or railing against them.

Forms of betongue

third-person singular presentbetongues
present participlebetonguing
past participlebetongued
pastbetongued

Origin of betongue

From be- + tongue.

Questions about betongue

What does betongue mean?
Betongue means to assail or attack someone verbally, often by mocking, jeering or railing against them.
What part of speech is betongue?
Betongue is a verb.
What is the past tense of betongue?
The past tense of betongue is betongued.

Words near betongue in the dictionary

  1. betold
  2. betone
  3. betoned
  4. betones
  5. Betong
  6. betongue
  7. betongued
  8. betongues
  9. betonguing
  10. betonicine
  11. betonicolide

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