Tongue-tie

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly. uncountable
  2. 2
    A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently. transitive

    "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!"

  2. 2
    deprive of speech wordnet

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ankyloglossia

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"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!"

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