Found 3 items, similar to Choking.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: choking sesenggukan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: choking choking n 1: a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx) 2: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; “no evidence that the choking was done by the accused” [syn: strangling, strangulation, throttling]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Choking Choking \Chok"ing\, a. 1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation. [1913 Webster] 2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion. Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. [1913 Webster] With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. [1913 Webster] Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. “I was choked at this word.” --Swift. [1913 Webster] 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. [1913 Webster] To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. [1913 Webster]