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flutter-tongue

verb

Etymology

From flutter + tongue.

  1. inherited from *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s✻
  2. inherited from *tungǭ✻
  3. inherited from *tungā✻
  4. inherited from tunge
  5. inherited from tongue
  6. compounded as flutter-tongue — “flutter + tongue”

Definitions

  1. To play very fast rhythms using a wind instrument by fluttering one's tongue with a trill.

    • He is very good at flutter-tonguing.

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