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tongue-tie

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.

verb1

•
To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
- Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist! — 1833

forms

tongue-tied · tongue-tying · tongue-ties · tongue ties

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