Found 2 items, similar to tongue-tie.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tongue-tie tongue-tie v : deprive of speech; “When he met his idol, the young man was tongue-tied”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tongue-tie Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, n. (Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fr[ae]num, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] Tongue-tie \Tongue"-tie`\, v. t. To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. [1913 Webster]