tip of tongue
Where words hover
The tip of the tongue is its foremost point, the part that touches the roof of the mouth or protrudes when extended.
In phonetics, tip-of-tongue sounds include the English *t*, *d*, and *n*.
The phrase on the tip of my tongue describes the maddening state of almost but not quite retrieving a word or name from memory—you can feel it there, just out of reach.
- lingualOf the tongue
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- mouthOral opening
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- memoryMind's retention capacity
on the tip · recall · can't remember · almost · almost there · just out of reach · word · speech · apex · palate · swallow · lick · flavor · slip · utterance · retrieve · blanking · brain freeze
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- memory phrasesring a bell, jog your memory, commit to memory, slipped my mind, vivid memory
- mental lapseslapse, forget, slip, misplace, overlook
- cognitive agingcognitive decline, memory decline, memory loss, brain aging, aging brain
- Memory Lossamnesia, forgetting, forgetfulness, memory loss, memory lapse
- psycholinguisticslanguage processing, language comprehension, word recognition, priming, language disorders
tip of tonguetotal recall
Complete, perfect remembrance
photographic memory · remembering · eidetic memory · blank mind · memory block
tip of tonguecrystal clear
Entirely unambiguous, perfectly understood
eureka moment · absolute certainty · blissful ignorance · cluelessness
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