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tonguings

tonguings is the plural of tonguing.

Meaning of tonguing

Noun

tonguing (countable and uncountable, plural tonguings)

  1. A licking or lapping with the tongue.
    • Your partner will be so eager to be licked and caressed that your introductory tonguings in this area just won't be enough.1992, The Ultimate Sex Book
  2. A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.
  3. (historical) flensing, cutting off strips of blubber in the butchering of a whale.
    • Soon may the Wellerman come/To bring us sugar and tea and rum./One day, when the tonguing is done/We'll take our leave and go.Unknown, recorded 1971, Unknown, "Soon May the Wellerman Come"
  4. French kissing

Questions about tonguings

What is tonguings the plural of?
Tonguings is the plural of tonguing.

Words near tonguings in the dictionary

  1. tongueys
  2. tonguier
  3. tonguiest
  4. tonguiness
  5. tonguing
  6. tonguings
  7. tonguy
  8. Tongva
  9. Tongvas
  10. Tongxiang
  11. Tongxin

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