flutter tongue

A form of flutter-tongue — To play very fast rhythms using a wind instrument by fluttering one's tongue with a trill.

Meanings

verbflutter tongue (third-person singular simple present flutter tongues, present participle flutter tonguing, simple past and past participle flutter tongued)

present singular third person flutter tongues · participle present flutter tonguing · participle past flutter tongued · past flutter tongued

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of flutter-tongue.
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Chicago

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