tartle

- From Scottish, to hesitate in recognizing a person or thing, as happens when you are introduced to someone whose name you cannot recall; so you say, "Pardon my tartle!"

See also related terms for recall.

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7) Grete Tartle, Identitate europeam, Bucuresti: Cartea Romaneasca, 2006, p.

The Role of Culture in the European Integration Process in the Context of Globalisation. A Romanian Case

TARTLE - Scottish: to hesitate when you are introducing someone whose name you can't quite remember.

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tartle (TAR-tul; Scottish; verb): to hesitate in recognizing a person or thing.

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