GIVE TONGUE TO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does give tongue to mean? 

• GIVE TONGUE TO (verb)
  The verb GIVE TONGUE TO has 1 sense:

1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

  Familiarity information: GIVE TONGUE TO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIVE TONGUE TO (verb)

Meaning:

Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

give tongue to; utter; express; verbalise; verbalize

Context examples:

She expressed her anger / He uttered a curse

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give tongue to"):

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear (utter obscenities or profanities)

pooh-pooh (express contempt about)

say; state; tell (express in words)

represent (serve as a means of expressing something)

say (utter aloud)

platitudinize (utter platitudes)

get off (deliver verbally)

pour out (express without restraint)

drop (utter casually)

breathe (utter or tell)

raise (cause to be heard or known; express or utter)

voice (give voice to)

marvel (express astonishment or surprise about something)

shout out; vociferate (utter in a very loud voice)

clamor; clamour (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily)

call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)

wish (make or express a wish)

hurl; throw (utter with force; utter vehemently)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something