Tongue-tie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tongue-tie is a noun meaning (uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
Meaning
(uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
More Meanings
- (countable) A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.
- (transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
Example Sentences
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!
Word Forms
- tongue-ties
- tongue-tying
- tongue-tied
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ankyloglossia, tachyglossia, paraglossia, microglossia, glossoncus, pachyglossia.
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