GIVE TONGUE TO

IPA (US):

 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize

Context example:

He uttered a curse

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

drop (utter with seeming casualness)

hurl; throw (utter with force; utter vehemently)

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)

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

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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

He dares to give tongue to what all men think.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)