tonguing

Movement of the tongue in order to articulate notes on a brass or wind instrument.

The act or state of projecting like or as a tongue.

In horticulture, a process intended to promote the rooting of layers. See the quotation.

In playing on musical wind-instruments, the act, process, or result of modifying or interrupting the tone by means of a stroke of the tongue, so as to produce a marcato or staccato effect.

Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer’s tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid “t;” in double tonguing, two strokes, as for “t” and “k,” are alternated; in triple tonguing, “t, k, t,” etc.

Present participle of tongue.

A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece.