CHOKING

choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling

(noun) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; “no evidence that the choking was done by the accused”

choking

(noun) a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

choking (plural chokings)

The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.

The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.

Verb

choking

present participle of choke

Anagrams

• Hocking, hocking

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

CHOKE

Choke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] Etym: [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. aceocian 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. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. Addison.

3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. Dryden.

4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

Choke, v. i.

1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.

Choke, n.

1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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