double-tongue


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.

double-tongue

vb, -tongues, -tonguing or -tongued (Instruments) music to play (fast staccato passages) on a wind instrument by rapid obstruction and uncovering of the air passage through the lips with the tongue. Compare single-tongue, triple-tongue double tonguing n

dou•ble-tongue

(ˈdʌb əlˌtʌŋ)

v.i. -tongued, -tongu•ing. to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, esp. in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a wind instrument.

double-tongue


Past participle: double-tongued
Gerund: double-tonguing
Imperative
double-tongue
double-tongue
Present
I double-tongue
you double-tongue
he/she/it double-tongues
we double-tongue
you double-tongue
they double-tongue
Preterite
I double-tongued
you double-tongued
he/she/it double-tongued
we double-tongued
you double-tongued
they double-tongued
Present Continuous
I am double-tonguing
you are double-tonguing
he/she/it is double-tonguing
we are double-tonguing
you are double-tonguing
they are double-tonguing
Present Perfect
I have double-tongued
you have double-tongued
he/she/it has double-tongued
we have double-tongued
you have double-tongued
they have double-tongued
Past Continuous
I was double-tonguing
you were double-tonguing
he/she/it was double-tonguing
we were double-tonguing
you were double-tonguing
they were double-tonguing
Past Perfect
I had double-tongued
you had double-tongued
he/she/it had double-tongued
we had double-tongued
you had double-tongued
they had double-tongued
Future
I will double-tongue
you will double-tongue
he/she/it will double-tongue
we will double-tongue
you will double-tongue
they will double-tongue
Future Perfect
I will have double-tongued
you will have double-tongued
he/she/it will have double-tongued
we will have double-tongued
you will have double-tongued
they will have double-tongued
Future Continuous
I will be double-tonguing
you will be double-tonguing
he/she/it will be double-tonguing
we will be double-tonguing
you will be double-tonguing
they will be double-tonguing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been double-tonguing
you have been double-tonguing
he/she/it has been double-tonguing
we have been double-tonguing
you have been double-tonguing
they have been double-tonguing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been double-tonguing
you will have been double-tonguing
he/she/it will have been double-tonguing
we will have been double-tonguing
you will have been double-tonguing
they will have been double-tonguing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been double-tonguing
you had been double-tonguing
he/she/it had been double-tonguing
we had been double-tonguing
you had been double-tonguing
they had been double-tonguing
Conditional
I would double-tongue
you would double-tongue
he/she/it would double-tongue
we would double-tongue
you would double-tongue
they would double-tongue
Past Conditional
I would have double-tongued
you would have double-tongued
he/she/it would have double-tongued
we would have double-tongued
you would have double-tongued
they would have double-tongued