tongue twister

tongue twister

noun

Definition of TONGUE TWISTER

: a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds (as in “twin-screw steel cruiser”)

Examples of TONGUE TWISTER

1. Her last name is a real tongue twister.

First Known Use of TONGUE TWISTER

1904

Rhymes with TONGUE TWISTER

half sister, persister, resister, resistor, sob sister, solicitor, stepsister, transistor, weak sister