SPEAK IN TONGUES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speak in tongues mean? 

• SPEAK IN TONGUES (verb)
  The verb SPEAK IN TONGUES has 1 sense:

1. speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy

  Familiarity information: SPEAK IN TONGUES used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEAK IN TONGUES (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The parishioners spoke in tongues

Hypernyms (to "speak in tongues" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue speak in tongues