double-tongued

dou·ble-tongue

(dŭb′əl-tŭng′)

intr.v. dou·ble-tongued, dou·ble-tongu·ing, dou·ble-tongues

To play a rapidly repeated series of notes on a wind instrument by placing the tongue alternately between the positions for t and k.

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trip·le-tongue

(trĭp′əl-tŭng′)

intr.v. dou·ble-tongued, dou·ble-tongu·ing, dou·ble-tongues

To play a rapidly repeated series of notes on a wind instrument by sequentially placing the tongue in the positions for t, t, and k.

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double-tongued

adj

deceitful or hypocritical in speech

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Adj.

1.

double-tongued - marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray double-dealing, duplicitous, two-faced, Janus-faced, double-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

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