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give tongue
give tongue
To bark or cry out, as of a dog in pursuit. Once the dog gave tongue, we knew we had found the evidence we'd been looking for.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Donella | | - | Scottish |
| Demyan | | dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian) | Russian, Ukrainian |
| Paulu | | - | Corsican |
| Setsuko | | se-tsoo-ko | Japanese |
| Ingeborg | | ING-e-bawrk (German) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German |
| Wenzeslaus | | - | German |