# tongued

Pronunciation: US say "TUNGD" /tʌŋd/; UK

## Adjective

1. Having a particular manner of speaking, usually specified by a preceding descriptive word.
   - Simple: Speaking in a certain way, usually named by a word placed in front.
   - _The silver-tongued diplomat negotiated his way out of every awkward standoff._
   - _A loose-tongued informant let the whole plan slip before midnight._
3. Resembling a tongue in shape, typically a flat, narrow projection.
   - Simple: Shaped like a tongue.
   - _Geologists mapped the tongued lobes of the glacier as it crept downhill._
   - _A tongued spit of sand reached out into the calm bay._
4. Having a tongue, the projecting bar at the front that attaches a trailer to a towing vehicle.
   - Simple: Having a bar at the front for pulling, like on a trailer.
   - _A properly tongued trailer connects to the hitch with a simple coupler._
   - _The dealer recommended a tongued utility carrier for hauling the mower._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of tongue. — simple past and past participle of tongue
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of tongue. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The trumpeter tongued the staccato passage with crisp precision._
   - _Workers tongued the planks before fitting the floor together._

## Origin

From Middle English tonged or tunged, equivalent to tongue plus the suffix -ed. Compare Old English ġetynġe ("skilled with speech, talkative, eloquent").

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