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flutter-tongues

flutter-tongues is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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-tongues

What is flutter-tongues the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flutter-tongues is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flutter-tongue.

Words near flutter-tongues in the dictionary

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

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