idiom
tip of the tongue
TIP uv the TUNG
tɪp əv ðə tʌŋListen
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Syllable breakdown
tipofthetongue
Dictionary meaning
a state in which one is certain of knowing a word, name, or piece of information but is momentarily unable to retrieve it from memory; the sensation is characterised by the feeling that the word is imminent, just out of reach, sometimes accompanied by partial recall of its initial sound or number of syllables; psycholinguists and cognitive scientists study the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon as a window into the mechanics of lexical retrieval and memory access
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