tongue-tie

Definition of Tongue-tie in English :

1. tongue-tie

deprive of speech

Example Sentences:
'When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tongue-tie

noun

a congenital condition in which the tongue has restricted mobility as the result of an abnormally short frenulum

noun

1.

limited motion of the tongue, usually caused by a short frenum and resulting in indistinct articulation

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtongue-ˌtied or ˈtongue-ˌtying

2.

to make tongue-tied

n.

Restricted mobility of the tongue resulting from abnormal shortness of the frenum.

tr.v. tongue-tied, tongue-ty·ing, tongue-ties

To make tongue-tied.