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tongue twister

tongue twister is the alternative form of tongue-twister.

Meaning of tongue-twister

Noun

tongue-twister (plural tongue-twisters)

  1. A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.
    • The present name being a translation, "in brief," of the original tongue-twister, meaning "the river of the rock"1855, H. Taylor with J. H. Beech, “Report of the Committee on Dysentery”, in The Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume viii, Philadelphia: Collins, page 568

Forms of tongue twister

pluraltongue twisters

Questions about tongue twister

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

Words near tongue twister in the dictionary

  1. tongue thrusts
  2. tongue tie
  3. tongue ties
  4. tongue toast
  5. tongue troopers
  6. tongue twister
  7. tongue twisters
  8. tongue worm
  9. tongue worms
  10. tongue wrestle
  11. tongue wrestling

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