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Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Mus. the technique of playing a wind instrument using the tongue to articulate certain notes.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tonguing Tongu"ing, vb. n. (Music) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid ``t;'' in double tonguing, two strokes, as for ``t'' and ``k,'' are alternated; in triple tonguing, ``t, k, t,'' etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tongue Tongue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tonguing.] 1. To speak; to utter. ``Such stuff as madmen tongue.'' --Shak. 2. To chide; to scold. How might she tongue me. --Shak. 3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. 4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.