Verb
(of an animal) To vocalize loudly.
(of a dog or other canine) To bark; to howl, bay.
The hounds gave tongue as they scented the fox nearby.
(of a bird) To cry.
(of an object that makes a loud noise) To ring out, sound.
(of a person) To vocalize audibly.
Synonyms: call out, cry out
To give expression to (something); to express.
She felt unable to give tongue to her feelings.
The word is clear only to the kind who on peak or plain, from dark northern ice-fields to the hot wet jungles, through all wine and want, through lies and unfamiliar truth, dark or light, are governed by the unknown gods, and though each man knows the law, no man may give tongue to it. Stephen Crane
Is it easier for a man to live his life again as a fish, than to accept the wonder of being human? So alone, so frightened, so wanting for what we are afraid to give tongue to. Richard Flanagan