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Choking

Choking Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Choking? [n] the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [n] a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) [adj] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Choking: breathless \| dyspneal \| dyspneic \| dyspnoeal \| dyspnoeic \| smothering \| strangling \| strangulation \| suffocating \| suffocative \| throttling Related Terms \| Find terms related to Choking: abolishment \| abolition \| annihilation \| annulment \| asphyxia \| asphyxiation \| bar \| barrier \| blank wall \| blind alley \| blind gut \| block \| blockade \| blockage \| blurred \| bottleneck \| breathy \| burking \| burning out \| burnout \| cecum \| choke \| choked \| choking off \| clog \| congestion \| constipation \| constrictive \| contrary \| controlling \| costiveness \| counterproductive \| croaking \| crosswise \| cul-de-sac \| damping \| dead end \| deracination \| dousing \| drawling \| drawly \| drowning \| dying \| dysphonic \| elimination \| embolism \| embolus \| eradication \| extermination \| extinction \| extinguishment \| extirpation \| fire fighting \| flame-out \| garrote \| going out \| gorge \| guttural \| harsh \| hawking \| hindering \| hindersome \| hoarse \| impasse \| impediment \| in the way \| inarticulate \| indistinct \| infarct \| infarction \| inhibiting \| inhibitive \| interrupting \| interruptive \| jam \| killing \| liquidation \| lisping \| liver death \| megadeath \| mispronounced \| muzzy \| nasal \| negation \| nullification \| obstacle \| obstipation \| obstructing \| obstruction \| obstructive \| obstruent \| occlusive \| purge \| putting out \| quashing \| quavering \| quenching \| repressive \| restrictive \| rooting out \| sealing off \| serum death \| shaking \| shaky \| silencing \| smotheration \| smothering \| snuffing \| snuffing out \| snuffling \| squashing \| squelching \| starvation \| stifled \| stifling \| stop \| stoppage \| strangled \| strangling \| strangulation \| suffocation \| suppression \| suppressive \| thick \| throaty \| throttling \| tremulous \| troublesome \| twangy \| uprooting \| velar \| violent death \| voiding \| watery grave See Also \| asphyxiation \| disorder \| suffocation \| upset Choking In Webster's Dictionary \Chok"ing\, a. 1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation. 2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

Choking Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Choking?

[n] the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
[n] a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
[adj] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"

See Also | asphyxiation | disorder | suffocation | upset

Choking In Webster's Dictionary

\Chok"ing\, a.
1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected
   with strong emotion.

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