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tongue-tied
[ tuhng-tahyd ]
tongue-tied
adjective
- speechless, esp with embarrassment or shyness
- having a condition of tongue-tie
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tongue-tied1
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Romy and Samuel have safe words, yet our own national conversation about sexual ethics gets tongue-tied whenever it tries to define right and wrong.
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Make it five minutes,” the software would, in theory, be able to figure out what the tongue-tied person meant to say.
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Giamatti watchers may have a hard time imagining the actor tongue-tied.
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Speech production is a complex neural phenomenon that has left researchers explaining it tongue-tied.
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“And not just Boyle Heights, but the whole district. It’s a pot of mixtures ...” she continued, then stopped, tongue-tied.
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