Tongue (disambiguation)
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Tongue most generally refers to the muscle on the floor of the mouth. By analogy or other figure of speech it can also refer to:
- Part of a shoe that covers the foot underneath the laces
- Part of a trailer tow hitch attachment
- Any large or long physical protrusion on a machine part that fits into a groove or gland on another part
- The striking implement suspended within a Bell (instrument), also known as a clapper.
- Protrusive landform caused by the flow of ice (in a glacier) or lava
- Language or speech, as in the phrase mother tongue
- Tongue (Knights Hospitaller), one of the seven, later eight regional subgroupings, or langues of the Knights of Saint John
- Tongue (foodstuff)
- "Speaking in tongues", formally known as glossolalia, is the vocalizing of speech-like syllables, often as part of religious practice.
Place names
- Tongue, Highland, a village on the north coast of Scotland
- Tongue, Mali
- Tongue of the Ocean, an oceanic trench in the Bahamas
- Tongue River (Montana), river in Montana, United States
- Tongue River (North Dakota), river in North Dakota, United States
- Tongue Wash, a wash in Nevada, United States
People
- Alan Tongue (b. 1980), rugby league player from Australia
- Carole Tongue, 20th century European Parliament politician
- Nicholas Tongue (b. 1973), swimmer from New Zealand
- Reggie Tongue (b. 1973), football player in the NFL, United States
- Thomas H. Tongue (1844-1903), Congressman from Oregon, United States
- Thomas Tongue (1912-1994), jurist from Oregon, United States
Media and entertainment
- Tongues (play), a 1978 play by Sam Shepard
- "Tongue" (song), a 1994 single by R.E.M.
- "Tongue", a song by Seether from Karma and Effect
- "Tongues" (song), a 2014 single by Joywave ft. KOPPS
- "Tongues", a song from the album Termination Bliss by Deathstars
- Tongues (Esham album), an album by Esham
- Tongues (Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid album), an album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
See also
- Tong (disambiguation)
- Tung (disambiguation)
- Tang (disambiguation)
- Tongue and groove
- Glossolalia ("speaking in tongues")
- Angelic tongues, Second Temple Judaism
- Gene Simmons' Tongue, a magazine that ran for five issues in 2002
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