tongue-tie

== English == === Alternative forms === tongue tie === Noun === tongue-tie (countable and uncountable, plural tongue-ties) (uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly. (countable) A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tongue-tie (third-person singular simple present tongue-ties, present participle tongue-tying, simple past and past participle tongue-tied) (transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently. === Further reading === Ankyloglossia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia