give tongue

verb6

1. •
   To vocalize loudly.
2. •
   To bark; to howl, bay.

   • The hounds gave tongue as they scented the fox nearby.
3. •
   To cry.
4. •
   To ring out, sound.

   • […] the bugles gave tongue jubilantly: — 1890
5. •
   To vocalize audibly.

   • His sympathetic school-fellows grasped the full humour of the situation as one man, and gave tongue once more in chorus. — 1903
6. •
   To give expression to (something); to express.

   • She felt unable to give tongue to her feelings.