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Definition of on the tip of (one's) tongue

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Other terms relating to 'to say, speak, talk':

Definitions include: to chat.
Definitions include: to speak unwisely.
Definitions include: "conversation".
Definitions include: to talk incessantly.
Definitions include: to chat with.
Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
Definitions include: a metaphorical disease where one speaks at length about something one knows nothing about.
Definitions include: to converse.
Definitions include: to mention or ask something that a person doesn't want to talk about.
Definitions include: "ask".
Definitions include: to talk to.
Definitions include: to fuss or whine at length.
Definitions include: to tell one's secrets.
Definitions include: to talk.
Definitions include: to say or give.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'of':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: an amount of violence.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: many.
Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.

Other terms relating to 'on':

Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
Definitions include: useless.
Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
Definitions include: See barge in.
Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
Definitions include: to be involved with.
Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'tip':

Definitions include: a tip shared between men.
Definitions include: police
Definitions include: See go cow tipping.
Definitions include: An abnormally large exhaust tip, typically chrome, which is intended to convince people the installed vehicle has a professional-level racing exhaust.
Definitions include: to literally get one's penis wet, via receiving oral sex or having sexual intercourse.
Definitions include: to push cows over while they are sleeping, as a form of amusement.
Definitions include: thanks.
Definitions include: "hat tip".
Definitions include: a piece of advice to help someone become a pro at something.
Definitions include: the glans ("head") of the penis.
Definitions include: a female that has a nice body but a not so nice face
Definitions include: a very small part of something larger.
Definitions include: A phrase usually used by bartenders to imply that a patron should acknowledge gratuity.
Definitions include: said to a person who's leaving little or no tip for services rendered.
Definitions include: spilling a small quantity of a beverage (usually a 40 ounce container of beer) on the ground in order to honor the deceased.

Other terms relating to 'tongue':

Definitions include: to restrain one's self, and not say something that one wants to say.
Definitions include: to kiss each other in a constantly and wild..
Definitions include: to French kiss.
Definitions include: tongue used during a French kiss.
Definitions include: the pretention, both verbal and physical, toward expertise in the martial arts by someone who lacks such ability.
Definitions include: not to be taken seriously.
Definitions include: to kiss with tongue contact.
Definitions include: to stimulate with the tongue.
Definitions include: to stimulate the anus sexually with one's tongue.
Definitions include: Lick a woman's ass
Definitions include: A hand and tongue gesture when a man wants to give a woman oral pleasure. Compare to: Cunnalingous,or Oral pleasure.
Definitions include: to kiss passionately.

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