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forked tongues

forked tongues is the plural of forked tongue.

Meaning of forked tongue

Noun

forked tongue (plural forked tongues)

  1. The split tongue of a snake.
  2. (idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
    • This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 26 Mar 2008

Questions about forked tongues

What is forked tongues the plural of?
Forked tongues is the plural of forked tongue.

Words near forked tongues in the dictionary

  1. forked riceflower
  2. forked riceflowers
  3. Forked River
  4. forked sundew
  5. forked tongue
  6. forked tongues
  7. forkedly
  8. forkedness
  9. forken
  10. forkend
  11. forker

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