Collocations for tongue - noun

long
forked
loose, sharp (both figurative)
Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken's loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret).
He has a reputation for having a sharp tongue.
She could tear a man to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue.

poke out, put out, stick out
It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.

run
He ran his tongue nervously over his lips.

click
bite, hold (both figurative)
She was dying to say something sarcastic to him, but bit her tongue and stayed silent.

free, loosen (both figurative)
The wine had loosened his tongue.

roll off, slip off, trip off
It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue (= is easy to say).

hang out
The dog lay in a patch of shade with its tongue hanging out.

flick, flicker
The snake's tongue flicked out of its mouth.

lick sth
His tongue licked dry lips.

wag (figurative)
This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag (= people are beginning to gossip).

find (figurative)
Before she could find her tongue (= speak) the door had closed behind him.

watch (figurative)
You just watch your tongue (= be careful what you say)!

piercing
I had a tongue piercing, an ear piercing, and a nose ring.

a slip of the tongue (figurative)
He said it was a slip of the tongue (= a mistake in speaking) and apologized.

be on the tip of your tongue (figurative)
It was on the tip of her tongue to refuse.

get your tongue around sth, get your tongue round sth (BrE,figurative)
He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.

a tongue of fire, a tongue of flame
Tongues of flame licked up the walls.

mother, native
She speaks English, though her native tongue is German.

common
foreign
strange

speak
They were speaking a foreign tongue.

in a/the tongue
She could hear the men whispering in a foreign tongue.

speak in tongues (= to speak in unknown languages, esp. at a religious ceremony)