TONGUE-TIE


Meaning of TONGUE-TIE in English

/tung"tuy'/ , n. , v. , tongue-tied, tongue-tying .

n.

1. impeded motion of the tongue caused esp. by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.

v.t.

2. to make tongue-tied.

[ 1545-55; back formation from TONGUE-TIED ]

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