stick one's tongue out
English
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[edit]stick one's tongue out (third-person singular simple present sticks one's tongue out, present participle sticking one's tongue out, simple past and past participle stuck one's tongue out)
- To push one's tongue so that it protrudes from the mouth, especially as a gesture of rudeness.
- Synonym: pull tongues
- The class clown stuck her tongue out at her classmate.
- 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 42:
- Leona took his glass and went to the kitchen. Rufus stuck out his tongue at Vivaldo, who was watching him with a faintly quizzical frown.
Translations
[edit]to push one's tongue out
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