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forked tongue

forked tongue
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawrkt, fawr-kid tuhng]
    • /fɔrkt, ˈfɔr kɪd tʌŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawrkt, fawr-kid tuhng]
    • /fɔrkt, ˈfɔr kɪd tʌŋ/

Definitions of forked tongue words

  • noun forked tongue lying or deceitful talk 0
  • noun forked tongue (Idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness. 0

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Parts of speech for Forked tongue

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

forked tongue popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

forked tongue usage trend in Literature

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