give tongue to

Questions about give tongue to

What does give tongue to mean?

give tongue to means "articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise".

What is another word for give tongue to?

Close synonyms include express, verbalize, verbalise, utter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give tongue to a common word?

give tongue to is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.