Found 3 items, similar to choking.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: choking
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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.
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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.
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With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
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2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
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3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
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Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
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4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling.
“I was choked at this word.” --Swift.
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5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
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To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
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