English Explanatory Dictionary

tongue-tie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tongue-tie tongue-ties tongue tie tongue-tying tongue-tied
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