DOUBLE TONGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double tongue mean? 

• DOUBLE TONGUE (verb)
  The verb DOUBLE TONGUE has 1 sense:

1. play fast notes on a wind instrument

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE TONGUE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play fast notes on a wind instrument

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

double tongue; triple-tongue

Hypernyms (to "double tongue" is one way to...):

tongue (articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments)

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something