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tongue-tied

/ˈtʌŋtʌɪd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtʌŋtʌɪd/
tonguetied
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Past ending sound

tongue - tied -> tongue tied

Myanmar meaning

အာစေးထည့်ထားသော။

Full entry

tongue /tʌŋ/ n

၁။ [C] လျှာ။ ❍ THROAT, TOOTH ❍ BODY
၂။ [U, C] လျှာ။ sliced ox tongue.
၃။ [C] (fml or rhet ) စကား။ ဘာသာ။ He speaks English, but his native tongue is German. ❍ speak in tongues (ie in strange or unknown languages). See also MOTHER TONGUE
၄။ [C usu sing ] နှုတ်။ အာ။ She has a very sharp tongue.
၅။ [C] လျှာ။ ကြက်လျှာပုံ။ သန်လျက်ပုံ။ a tongue of flame ❍ a narrow tongue of land jutting out into the sea ❍ the tongue of a shoe (ie the piece of leather under the laces). ❍ SHOE
❏ get one's tongue round/ around sth [IDM ] ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲ အသံထုတ်သည်၊ ဆိုသည်။
❏ mind/ watch one's tongue [IDM] မပြောမိအောင် နှုတ်ကိုထိန်းသည်။
❏ put/stick one's tongue out [IDM] လျှာ ထုတ်ပြသည်။ Don't you dare stick your tongue out at me!
❏ roll/ slip/ trip off the tongue [IDM ] လျှာအရိုးမရှိတိုင်း ပြောသည်။ compliments tripping easily off the tongue.
❏ set tongues wagging [PHRV ] (infml ) အားရပါးရ အတင်းပြောရန် စပေးသည်။ Their affair has really set tongues wagging.
❏ - tongued (forming compound adjs ) နှုတ်… သော။ အပြော၊ အာ…သော။ sharp- tongued ❍ evil-tongued.
❏ tongue-in-cheek adj ထေ့သော။ ငေါ့သော။ ပြက်လုံးထုတ် သော။ tongue-in-cheek remarks.
❏ tongue-tied adj အာစေးထည့်ထားသော။
❏ tongue-twister n လျှာခလုတ်တိုက်စကား။ သာဓက။ ။ She sells sea shells on the seashore.
❏ with (one's) tongue in one's cheek [IDM ] ခပ်ထေ့ထေ့။ ငေါ့တော့တော့။ မထိတထိ။ write/ joke with tongue in cheek.

More examples
  • I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee.
  • [your native tongue] : English was clearly not his native tongue.
  • [a foreign tongue] : They were speaking in some foreign tongue.
  • [a sharp tongue] : She has a rather sharp tongue.
  • [a silver tongue] : I hope you’ve not allowed yourself to be persuaded by Laura’s silver tongue.
  • [tongue of] : A tongue of flame/fire
Synonyms
language, dialect, speech, idiom, argot, articulation, discourse, expression, lap against, lick, lingo, move over, parlance, patois, prate, prattle. talk, prattling, runon, talk, tongued, tonguing, utterance, vernacular, voice, yack, yacking
Antonyms
listening, quiet, silence, standard
Cross references
languagedialectspeechidiomargotarticulationdiscourseexpressionlap againstlicklingomove overparlancepatoisprateprattle. talkprattlingrunontalktonguedtonguingutterancevernacularvoiceyackyackinglisteningquiet
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