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Tongariro, Mount
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tongue-and-groove joint
tongue depressor
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tongue-lashing
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tongue twister
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tongue-tie

tongue-tie


transitive verb  (past and past participle tongue-tied, present participle tongue-ty·ing, 3rd person present singular tongue-ties)
Definition:
 
make somebody too nervous to speak: to make somebody unable to speak, especially because of awe, shyness, or embarrassment



noun 
Definition:
 
inability to move tongue freely: the inability to move the tongue with the normal amount of freedom, because the small membrane frenulum that attaches the tongue to the floor of the mouth is unusually short

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