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flutter-tongued

flutter-tongued is the simple past and past participle of flutter-tongue.

Meaning of flutter-tongue

Verb

flutter-tongue (third-person singular simple present flutter-tongues, present participle flutter-tonguing, simple past and past participle flutter-tongued)

  1. To play very fast rhythms using a wind instrument by fluttering one's tongue with a trill.
    • He is very good at flutter-tonguing.

Questions about flutter-tongued

What is flutter-tongued the simple past and past participle of?
Flutter-tongued is the simple past and past participle of flutter-tongue.

Words near flutter-tongued in the dictionary

  1. flutter tongues
  2. flutter tonguing
  3. flutter wheel
  4. flutter wheels
  5. flutter-tongue
  6. flutter-tongued
  7. flutter-tongues
  8. flutter-tonguing
  9. flutterable
  10. flutteration
  11. flutterations

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