How do you pronounce “tongue”?

noun

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/tʊŋɡ/

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“tongue” is pronounced ton-gue, across 2 syllables.

Noun: 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.
Verb: On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'd' or 't' sound ( alveolar plosive ).“Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.”

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