Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongue-work

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: tongue--work
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Babble, chatter; conversation.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I wonder whether you and he have had any tongue-work already."
"If a man takes to tongue-work it's all over with him. 'Everything's wrong,' says he. That's a big text. But does he want to make everything right? Not he. He'd lose his text."

Usage

Questions

What does tongue-work mean?: Babble, chatter; conversation.

How to pronounce tongue-work

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