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tongue-twister
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Word definitions for tongue-twister in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1875, in reference to an awkward sentence, 1892 of a deliberately difficult-to-say phrase, from tongue (n.) + agent noun from twist (v.). The first one called by the name is "Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop."
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken (or sung) word game . Some tongue-twisters produce results which are humorous (or humorously vulgar) when they are mispronounced, while ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes.
Usage examples of tongue-twister.
It's a tongue-twister that became a speech exercise for lispers and stutterers.