Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "tongue" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cheek mouth

Capable Of

taste flavor taste flavour taste food taste if sour taste many different flavors taste sour milk taste steak wet lip

Derived Terms

acid-tongued adder's tongue adder's-tongue advanced tongue root beardtongue beef tongue betongue bird's-tongue birth tongue birth-tongue bite one's tongue blab-tongue blabtongue black hairy tongue syndrome blue-tongue blue-tongue lizard blue-tongued skink bluetongue bonytongue bridle one's tongue burning tongue syndrome cat got someone's tongue cat tongue cat's tongue civil tongue click one's tongue cloverleaf tongue cluck one's tongue deer's tongue devil's tongue disc-tongued frog dog's tongue double-tongue double-tongued double-tonguing drop-tongue earth tongue earth-tongue father tongue find one's tongue flamingo tongue flutter tongue flutter-tongue foreign tongue forked tongue geographic tongue gift of tongues give tongue goose tongue goosetongue guard one's tongue hart's tongue have something on the tip of one's tongue hold one's tongue honey-tongued hound's tongue hound's-tongue ice tongue intertongue jury of half-tongue keep a civil tongue keep a civil tongue in one's head keep a civil tongue in one's mouth keep a quiet tongue lamb's tongue lark's tongue law of the tongue lay one's tongue to long-tongued loose tongue loosen one's tongue loosen someone's tongue lose one's tongue milk tongue mother tongue mother-in-law's tongue mother-tongue native tongue on one's tongue on the tip of one's tongue outtongue ox tongue spear oxtongue painted drop tongue put a civil tongue in one's head put a civil tongue in one's mouth put one's tongue out raspberry tongue red strawberry tongue retracted tongue root roll from one's tongue roll from the tongue roll off one's tongue roll off the tongue root of the tongue run from the tongue run off the tongue serpent's tongue sharp end of one's tongue sharp tongue sharp-tongued silver tongue silver-tongued slip of the tongue slip off someone's tongue smooth-tongued snake's tongue speak in tongues speak with a forked tongue speaking in tongues stick one's tongue out strawberry tongue take one's tongue out of someone's ass the rough side of one's tongue the tongue of scandal the tongue wounds more than a lance thick tongue thick-tongued tonguage tongue and groove tongue bath tongue bone tongue brush tongue clacker tongue clacking tongue cleaner tongue depressor tongue drum tongue firmly in cheek tongue grafting tongue grass tongue in cheek tongue in chic tongue kiss tongue lashing tongue map tongue punch tongue ring tongue rolling tongue run away with one tongue sandwich tongue sarnie tongue scraper tongue sole tongue stone tongue sushi tongue technology tongue thrust tongue tie tongue toast tongue troopers tongue twister tongue worm tongue-and-groove tongue-and-groove pliers tongue-bath tongue-boring tongue-clacker tongue-fence tongue-fencer tongue-fencing tongue-in-cheek tongue-in-chic tongue-lash tongue-lashing tongue-lolling tongue-lolling bit tongue-pad tongue-punch tongue-shaped tongue-shell tongue-tie tongue-tied tongue-twister tongue-work tonguedness tonguedom tonguefish tonguefuck tonguejob tongueless tonguelet tonguelike tonguely tongueman tongueness tongues-speaker tongueship tonguesore tonguester tonguework tongueworm tonguey tonguing trip from the tongue trip off the tongue twi-tongued two-tongued untongue vaper's tongue venomous-tongued wag one's tongue watch one's tongue whet one's tongue white tongue wicked tongue with one's tongue in one's cheek with tongue in cheek woman's tongue tree

Context

metonym music nautical religion slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

articulator cape delivery flap language lap lick linguistic communication manner of speaking ness organ organs play projection speech spiel striker variety meat

Type Of (IsA)

anatomical structure anatomy articulator chemoreceptor flap internal body part land topographical feature long thin object manner of speaking muscle organ projection tangible thing underwater variety meat

Manner Of

lick play

Part Of

body boot mouth shoe throat

Receives Action

covered with taste buds used sexually

Related Terms

gloss glossal lingual linguiform linguo 👅

Related Terms

air alveolar any appendage articulate attached backstays bell body body part buds butterfly cart clapper discourse fire fish fixture flame flap flow fluency food foot glossolalia groove in mouth insect kiss kissing laces land language large licking lingua lingual long lung mast material mollusk moth mouth mouth attached mouth muscle mouth part move muscle note odontophore oral sex organ out ox part piece plosive point pole prate proboscis projection protrude protrusion reed ribbon rope shoe sole speaking speaking organ speech splice stick stick out strip strong strong muscle talk taste taste buds taste organ tasting teeth tongue and groove utterance wind

Synonym Network

clapper language natural language shoe tongue spit

Used For

insertion into vagina please sexual partner tasting

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.