ALL meanings of bite your tongue
bite your tongue
B b - noun bite your tongue either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech. 1
- noun bite your tongue Usually, lips. these parts as organs of speech: I heard it from his own lips. 1
- noun bite your tongue a projecting edge on a container or other hollow object: the lip of a pitcher. 1
- noun bite your tongue a liplike part or structure, especially of anatomy. 1
- noun bite your tongue any edge or rim. 1
- noun bite your tongue the edge of an opening or cavity, as of a canyon or a wound: the lip of the crater. 1
- noun bite your tongue Slang. impudent talk; back talk: Don't give me any of your lip. 1
- noun bite your tongue Botany. either of the two parts into which the corolla or calyx of certain plants, especially of the mint family, is divided. 1
- noun bite your tongue Zoology. a labium. the outer or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell. 1
- noun bite your tongue Music. the position and arrangement of lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument; embouchure. 1
- noun bite your tongue the cutting edge of a tool. 1
- noun bite your tongue the blade, at the end of an auger, which cuts the chip after it has been circumscribed by the spur. 1
- noun bite your tongue (in a twist drill) the cutting edge at the bottom of each flute. 1
- adjective bite your tongue of or relating to the lips or a lip: lip ointment. 1
- adjective bite your tongue characterized by or made with the lips: to read lip movements. 1
- adjective bite your tongue superficial or insincere: to offer lip praise. 1
- verb with object bite your tongue to touch with the lips. 1
- verb with object bite your tongue Golf. to hit the ball over the rim of (the hole). 1
- verb with object bite your tongue to utter, especially softly. 1
- verb with object bite your tongue to kiss. 1
- verb without object bite your tongue to use the lips in playing a musical wind instrument. 1
- idioms bite your tongue bite one's lip / tongue, to repress one's anger or other emotions: He wanted to return the insult, but bit his lip. 1
- idioms bite your tongue button one's lip, Slang. to keep silent, especially, to refrain from revealing information: They told him to button his lip if he didn't want trouble. Also, button up. 1
- idioms bite your tongue hang on the lips of, to listen to very attentively: The members of the club hung on the lips of the visiting lecturer. 1
- idioms bite your tongue keep a stiff upper lip, to face misfortune bravely and resolutely: Throughout the crisis they kept a stiff upper lip. to suppress the display of any emotion. 1
- idioms bite your tongue smack one's lips, to indicate one's keen enjoyment or pleasurable anticipation of: We smacked our lips over the delicious meal. 1