tongue-tie

3 definitions found

tongue-tie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

tongue-tie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tongue-tie
      v 1: deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was
           tongue-tied"