Definitions For Tonguing

noun

  • The soft, movable part in the mouth that is used for tasting and eating food and in human beings for speaking
  • The tongue of an animal (such as an ox or sheep) that is eaten as food
  • A particular way or quality of speaking

verb

  • To produce separate notes when you are blowing air through a musical instrument (such as a trumpet) by using your tongue to briefly stop the flow of air
  • To touch or lick something with your tongue

Is Tonguing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
15

The word Tonguing is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Tonguing in a Sentence

  • The cow ran its tongue over its lips.
  • The taste of the spice was still on her tongue.
  • The little girl stuck her tongue out at me.
  • Learning how to tongue notes on the clarinet

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