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tongue-tie
[ tuhng-tahy ]
/ ËtÊĆËtaÉȘ /
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noun
impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.
verb (used with object), tongue-tied, tongue-ty·ing.
to make tongue-tied.
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Origin of tongue-tie
First recorded in 1545â55; back formation from tongue-tied
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British Dictionary definitions for tongue-tie
tongue-tie
noun
a congenital condition in which the tongue has restricted mobility as the result of an abnormally short frenulum
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