Usually means: Restrictions in tongue movement, speech.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word tongue-ties:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue-ties: Merriam-Webster
  2. tongue-ties: Wiktionary
  3. tongue-ties: Dictionary.com
  4. tongue-ties: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue-ties: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue-ties: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. tongue-ties: Medical dictionary

(Note: See tongue-tie as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tongue-tie)

noun:  (uncountable, medicine) Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
noun:  (countable) A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.
verb:  (transitive) To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
▸ Also see tongue-tie


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