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tongue

n. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

tongue

n. the tongue of certain animals used as meat

clapper

n. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

spit

n. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

clapper, lingua, glossa

n. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

lick with the tongue

v. lick or explore with the tongue

articulate by tonguing

v. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

delivery, speech, manner of speaking

n. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

speech, words, actor's line

n. words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"

vernacular

n. the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

idiom, accent, dialect

n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

diction, enunciation

n. the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

phrasing, wording, diction, phraseology, verbiage, choice of words

n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

idiom, parlance

n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

pronunciation

n. the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

bar

n. a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"

key, cay

n. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

reef

n. a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

sandbank

n. a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide

shoal

n. a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide

artificial language

n. a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose

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