tongue-tied



tongue-tied

1. mod. unable to speak from fear or confusion. (Standard English.) Why do you get tongue-tied in front of a crowd?
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. He was tongue-tied and couldn’t stand up.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MerrickMER-ikEnglish (Rare)
Roghayeh-Persian
Hagen (1)HAH-genGerman, Germanic Mythology
Titu-Old Church Slavic
Sameer (2)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Milenko-Serbian, Croatian