triple-tongue
[ trip-uh l-tuhng ]
/ ˈtrɪp əlˌtʌŋ /
verb (used without object), tri·ple-tongued, tri·ple-tongu·ing. Music.
to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
Compare
double-tongue.
Origin of triple-tongue
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby triple-tongue
triple-double,
triple-expansion,
triple-header,
triple-nerved,
triple-space,
triple-tongue,
triplegia,
triplet,
tripletail,
tripleton,
triplex
British Dictionary definitions for triple-tongue
triple-tongue
verb
music
to play (very quick staccato passages of notes grouped in threes) on a wind instrument by a combination of single- and double-tonguing
Compare single-tongue, double-tongue