✳ tongue (noun) Sounds: - /tʌŋ/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US) - /tʊŋ/ (Northern, UK) - /tɒŋɡ/ - /tʊŋɡ/ Forms: - tongues (plural) tongue (noun) senses: 1. The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. 2. (countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used for food (especially cows). 3. Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect. ...