tongue twister

Noun

Meaning

tongue twister (plural tongue twisters)

Alternative form of tongue-twister

Examples





tongue-twister (plural tongue-twisters)

A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

tongue-twister

Synonyms

mouthful

Antonyms

speech disorder

Hypernyms

saying expression locution

Examples

Hermione uses all these big long tongue twister words. I don't know what she's going on about half the time! Emma Watson

No tongue-twister results in this example, because "4" is pronounced the same in all spellings. Source: Internet

This type of tongue-twister was incorporated into a popular song in 1908, with words by British songwriter Terry Sullivan and music by Harry Gifford. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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