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Tongue Dil Noun Tip  /Tʌŋ   Countable Mouth Rude

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Kind noun
Front tongue 
IPA  /tʌŋ   / noun
Back dil
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tongue (noun)

 /tʌŋ   / noun
 
 1 [countable]
the soft part inside your mouth that you can move. You use your tongue for speaking, tasting things, etc.
dil
 It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.
 2 [countable, uncountable]
the tongue of some animals, cooked and eaten
 (şarküteri) dil
 a slice of ox tongue
 3 [countable] (formal)
a language
dil, lisan
 your mother tongue
ana dilin
IDIOMS
on the tip of your tongue
if a word or name is on the tip of your tongue you are sure that you know it but you cannot remember it
dilinin ucunda
 Their name is on the tip of my tongue. It'll come back to me in a moment.
put/stick your tongue out
to put your tongue outside your mouth as a rude sign to sb
dilini çıkarmak, dil çıkarmak
a slip of the tongue
something that you say that you did not mean to say
dil sürçmesi
 Did I say Thursday? That was a slip of the tongue, I meant Tuesday.
(with) tongue in cheek
done or said as a joke; not intended seriously
şaka yollu, alaylı
 

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