Usually means: Speaks deceitfully with dual intent.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word forked tongue:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. forked tongue: Merriam-Webster
  2. forked tongue: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. Forked tongue: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  4. forked tongue: Wiktionary
  5. forked tongue: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. Forked tongue: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. forked tongue: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Forked Tongue: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (forked tongue)

noun:  The split tongue of a snake.
noun:  (idiomatic) The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.

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