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full-tongued

full-tongued adjective: giving full vent to the voice; at one's loudest.

Adjective

full-tongued (not comparable)

  1. Giving full vent to the voice; at one's loudest.
    • The bones parted, the muscles burst, the flesh tore, and the fiend - at last free from the grip of Beowulf - fled full-tongued into the darkness.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 31
  2. With the entire tongue.

Questions about full-tongued

What does full-tongued mean?
Full-tongued means giving full vent to the voice; at one's loudest.
What part of speech is full-tongued?
Full-tongued is an adjective.

Words near full-tongued in the dictionary

  1. full-time equivalent
  2. full-time equivalents
  3. full-time job
  4. full-timer
  5. full-timers
  6. full-tongued
  7. full-width
  8. full-zip
  9. fulla
  10. Fullagar
  11. Fullagars

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