tongue-twisternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʌŋˌtwɪs.tər/us/ˈtʌŋˌtwɪs.tɚ/a sentence or phrase that is intended to be difficult to say, especially when repeated quickly and often:
"She sells seashells on the seashore" is a well-known tongue-twister.
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Ways of speaking
- accent
- accentuate
- aitch
- asperity
- BBC English
- cut glass
- dialect
- enunciate
- get your tongue around/round sth idiom
- lenis
- modulate
- monotone
- plummy
- pragmatics
- singsong
- soft-spoken
- speech therapy
- spoken
- stumble
- trip off the tongue idiom
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