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SPEAK IN TONGUES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy

Example:

The parishioners spoke in tongues

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "speak in tongues" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue speak in tongues

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