betongue,v.|bɪˈtʌŋ| [f. be- 6 + tongue n.] trans. To assail with the tongue; to flout, rally. 1639Ainsworth Annot.Ps. ci. 5 Hurteth with tongue—traduceth, or (as the Hebrew phrase is) betongueth.1859Masson Milton I. 33 How Ben and Shakespeare betongued each other, while the others listened and wondered.