Tongue-tied - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtʌn taɪd|  American pronunciation of the word tongue-tied
Brit.  |ˈtʌŋtaɪd|  British pronunciation of the word tongue-tied

adjective

- unable to express yourself clearly or fluently (syn: incoherent)
felt tongue-tied with embarrassment

Extra examples

Fear kept them all tongue-tied.

When adults spoke to her, she became tongue-tied and shy.

Some of the glibbest persons in the nation are oddly tongue-tied when the Bible is brought up.

When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied

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