n. |
[1] |
language
,
lingua
,
glossa
,
speech
,
dialect
,
clapper
,
patois
,
Creole
,
idiom
,
parlance
,
argot
,
talk
,
vernacular
|
[2] |
(verbal) expression
,
natural language
,
utterance
,
voice
,
articulation
|
[3] |
hold (one's) tongue
,
knife
,
be/remain/keep silent
,
keep mum
,
say nothing/nought
,
not breathe a word
,
keep (one's) counsel
,
not say a word
,
(Slang) shut up
|
[4] |
slip of the tongue
,
slip
,
mistake
,
gaffe
,
blunder
,
faux pas
,
Freudian slip
,
(Colloq) (Brit) boob
|
[5] |
(with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek
,
spit
,
facetiously
,
whimsically
,
ironically
,
jocularly
,
jokingly
,
not seriously
,
in jest
,
jestingly
,
in fun
,
to be funny
,
(Colloq) kiddingly
|
[6] |
clapper
|
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