'Tongue-tie' definitions:

Definition of 'tongue-tie'

(from WordNet)
verb
Deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied"

Definition of 'Tongue-tie'

From: GCIDE
  • Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, v. t. To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tongue-tie'

From: GCIDE
  • Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, n. (Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]

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