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tongue-tie en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
2. (countable) A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
tongue-ties	Number=Plur		lexicographic
tongue tie		alternative	lexicographic

tongue-tie en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
   • 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! 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
tongue-tying	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
tongue tie		alternative	lexicographic
tongue-tied	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
tongue-tied	Tense=Past		lexicographic
tongue-ties	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic