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tongue-tie

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "tongue-tie" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

1 syllable
10 characters
English (US)
1syllable

tongue-tie

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

Because it is a word with a single syllable, tongue-tie is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions oftongue-tie

1noun
  • Ankyloglossia, a congenital oral anomaly.
  • A piece of cloth used to tie down a horse's tongue, to facilitate breathing etc.
1verb
  • To disconcert or fluster (a person) so that they cannot speak coherently.
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