tongue

tongue
noun
1) (the fleshy organ inside the mouth, used in tasting, swallowing, speaking etc: The doctor looked at her tongue.) tunge
2) (the tongue of an animal used as food.) tunge
3) (something with the same shape as a tongue: a tongue of flame.) tunge
4) (a language: English is his mother-tongue / native tongue; a foreign tongue.) språk, tungemål
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subst. \/tʌŋ\/
1) (anatomi) tunge
2) språk, dialekt, tunge(mål)
the confusion of tongues was complete
språkforvirringen var total
3) talemåte, tale
the words came readily to his tongue
ordene kom helt naturlig for ham
4) (sko)pløse
5) (i kirkeklokke) knebel, kolv
6) tunge (i orgelpipe e.l.)
7) nål (på spenne)
8) (på sporveksel) tunge
9) ildtunge, stikkflamme
10) (tømrerfag) fjær (i bord)
be on the tip of one's tongue ha det på tungespissen, ha det på tungen
bite one's tongue off (overført) bite av seg tungen
I could have bit my tongue off after I said that
jeg kunne ha bitt tungen av meg etter å ha sagt det
find one's tongue få igjen taleevnen, bli talefør igjen
get one's tongue around uttale (ord)
I have difficulties getting my tongue around some words
jeg har vanskeligheter med å uttale enkelte ord
the gift of tongues nådegaven, evnen til å tale i tunger
give tongue rope, skrike, skråle (om hund) gi hals, halse, søke
give tongue to gi uttrykk for
has the cat got your tongue? har du mistet (både) munn og mæle?, har du mistet taleevnen?
have a ready tongue eller have a fluent tongue være rappkjeftet, være godt skåret for tungebåndet
have a rough tongue være grov i munnen, være stygg i munnen
hold one's tongue holde munn, tie
keep a civil tongue in one's head velge sine ord med omhu, føre et dannet språk
know someone by his\/her tongue kjenne noen etter talemåten
lose one's tongue miste (både) munn og mæle, være målløs, miste taleevnen
be on every tongue være på alles lepper
speak with a forked tongue (amer.) lyve, tale med to tunger, tale svikefullt
stick one's tongue out to someone eller thrust one's tongue out to someone eller put one's tongue out to someone rekke tunge til noen
tongue (of land) landtunge nes, odde
tongue and groove (tømrerfag) not og fjær
(with) tongue in cheek for spøk, ikke alvorlig
he said it tongue in cheek
han sa det for spøk
tongues (gammeldags) tunger, tungemål
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verb \/tʌŋ\/
1) (musikk) spille med tungestøt
2) skjelle ut
3) (slang) praktisere munnsex
4) forklaring: injisere narkotika under tungen for å unngå synlige sprøytearr
5) uttale, artikulere
6) berøre med tungen, slikke
7) (tømrerfag) skjære fjær (i bord)

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