"tongue-tie" meaning in English

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