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tongue-bath

tongue-bath is the alternative form of tongue bath.

Meaning of tongue bath

Noun

tongue bath (plural tongue baths)

  1. A sexual licking of another's body.
    • If you try giving or receiving a tongue bath, you will notice that it seldom gets completed.2005, Jack Rinella, Becoming a Slave: The Theory and Practice of Voluntary Servitude, Rinella Editorial Services
  2. Sycophantic or obsequious praise.
    • It’s possible that Trump meant to include the URL of Goodwin’s tongue-bath of an article instead of his email address.2017, Matthew Dessem, “Donald Trump Tweets About His “Enormously Consensual Presidency”, in Slate
  3. The cleansing of fur by licking, as practised by dogs, cats, etc.
    • Tongue baths do more for cats than help keep them clean.2012, Dawn Cusick, Animal Tongues

Forms of tongue-bath

pluraltongue-baths

Questions about tongue-bath

What is tongue-bath the alternative form of?
Tongue-bath is the alternative form of tongue bath.

Words near tongue-bath in the dictionary

  1. tongue wrestle
  2. tongue wrestling
  3. tongue-and-cheek
  4. tongue-and-groove
  5. tongue-and-groove pliers
  6. tongue-bath
  7. tongue-baths
  8. tongue-boring
  9. tongue-borings
  10. tongue-clacker
  11. tongue-clackers

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