1. tongue-tied - Adjective
2. tongue-tied - Verb
3. tongue-tied - Adjective Satellite
Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
Source: Webster's dictionaryFor ritual allows those who cannot will themselves out of the secular to perform the spiritual, as dancing allows the tongue-tied man a ceremony of love. Andre Dubus
I'm so great even I get tongue-tied talking to myself. Douglas Adams
With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. Iain Glen
I have tried many times to express my feelings, but at each attempt, I find myself tongue-tied. Kate Cary
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. Cicero
Baseball is a tongue-tied kid from Georgia growing up to be an announcer and praising the Lord for showing him the way to Cooperstown. This is a game for America. Still a game for America, this baseball! Ernie Harwell