See tonguey on Wiktionary
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"form": "tongueys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tonguey (plural tongueys)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"British English",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1992, Louis Nowra, Così, Sydney: Currency Press, published 1994, act 2, scene 5, page 86:",
"text": "Give me a kiss. No, open your mouth, I want a tonguey.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Ben Elton, chapter 20, in Past Mortem, London: Bantam, page 200:",
"text": "He walked her to her house and received one last lingering Christmas tonguey under the mistletoe that hung above the door.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue."
],
"links": [
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"instance",
"instance"
],
[
"kiss",
"kiss"
],
[
"involve",
"involve"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"tongue",
"tongue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, UK) An act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "French kiss"
}
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"UK"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tonguy"
}
],
"word": "tonguey"
}
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