Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
deprive of speech;
- Example: "When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, n. (Med.)
Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the
fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.
--Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, v. t.
To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct
articulation.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tongue-tie
v 1: deprive of speech; "When he met his idol, the young man was
tongue-tied"