give tongue

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give tongue

verb gives tongue · giving tongue · gave tongue · given tongue

of a dog or other canine, of an animal To bark; to howl, bay. The hounds gave tongue as they scented the fox nearby.
of a bird, of an animal To cry. As the boat drew near the guillemots gave tongue. The sound came against the wind fierce and complaining, antagonistic like the voice of loneliness crying out against them and telling them to be gone—be gone—be gone!
of an object that makes a loud noise To ring out, sound. […] the bugles gave tongue jubilantly:
of a person To vocalize audibly. His sympathetic school-fellows grasped the full humour of the situation as one man, and gave tongue once more in chorus.
Similar: call out, cry out
To give expression to (something); to express. She felt unable to give tongue to her feelings.

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@misc{give_tongue_2026,
  title = {give tongue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/give%20tongue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}