Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a thick tongue; specifically, in herpetology, pachyglossate.

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Examples

  • Yet all night long Arden flitted in and out of my nightmares so that in the morning I woke up fuzzy-headed, thick-tongued.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Yet all night long Arden flitted in and out of my nightmares so that in the morning I woke up fuzzy-headed, thick-tongued.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Fortunately, I am fluent in the thick-tongued dialect of the chemically restrained.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • Fortunately, I am fluent in the thick-tongued dialect of the chemically restrained.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • Yet all night long Arden flitted in and out of my nightmares so that in the morning I woke up fuzzy-headed, thick-tongued.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Fortunately, I am fluent in the thick-tongued dialect of the chemically restrained.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • Yet all night long Arden flitted in and out of my nightmares so that in the morning I woke up fuzzy-headed, thick-tongued.

    My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010

  • Fortunately, I am fluent in the thick-tongued dialect of the chemically restrained.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • Lt. Jeffrey Zaun, the POW whose swollen face on NEWSWEEK'S Feb. 4 cover and thick-tongued sound bites on TV had outraged Americans against Saddam Hussein, said he had feared for his life 90 percent of the time, though 90 percent of his cuts and bruises had been "flail injuries" from ejecting at 500 miles per hour.

    'I Thought I Was Going To Die' 2008

  • The apes in Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" look tremendously regal, but the heavy makeup makes the actors sound thick-tongued and muffled: it's like they're all wearing retainers.

    The Trouble With Hairy 2007

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