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Tongued

//tʌŋd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a tongue. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having a particular manner of speaking. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "He's a sharp-tongued boy."

  3. 3
    Having a tongue for towing. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in combination wordnet
  2. 2
    provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in combination wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of tongue form-of, participle, past

Etymology

From Middle English tonged, tunged, equivalent to tongue + -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe (“skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent”).

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