Definitions for tongue-tied

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Spelling: [tuhng-tahyd]
IPA: /ˈtʌŋˌtaɪd/

Tongue-Tied is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in tongue-tied (-deeginottu).

Definitions for tongue-tied

noun

  1. impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.

adjective

  1. unable to speak, as from shyness, embarrassment, or surprise.
  2. affected with tongue-tie.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make tongue-tied.

Origin of tongue-tied

1520-30; tongue + tied

Examples for tongue-tied

I expected on the whole to see him tongue-tied, especially before Dolly and Dilly.

In fact, the governor does not need much more than a ballot line from the aimless, tongue-tied, villain-rich GOP.

She stood like one speechless, tongue-tied, as if in a dream.

Other considerations occurring to his prudence had kept him tongue-tied from day to day.

You can talk about anything else; you are tongue-tied about your religion.

It is amazing how tongue-tied they get when you present them with irrefutable information.

A woman is tongue-tied by the countless conventionalities of education.

The assurance that I had gained at Court forsook me, and I was tongue-tied as any calf-lover.

It, however, checked her advances, and for some time held her tongue-tied.

The certainty that she knew what they had tried so hard to conceal kept them tongue-tied.

Word Value for tongue-tied
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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