Alternative form of tongue-tie

(transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.

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

(pathology) Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”).

simple past tense and past participle of tongue-tie