tongue-tie
See also: tongue tie
English
Alternative forms
Noun
tongue-tie (countable and uncountable, plural tongue-ties)
- (uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
- (countable) A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.
Translations
oral anomaly — see ankyloglossia
Verb
tongue-tie (third-person singular simple present tongue-ties, present participle tongue-tying, simple past and past participle tongue-tied)
- (transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
Further reading
Ankyloglossia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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