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choking

 
Noun choking has 2 senses
  1. choking - a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
    --1 is a kind of
    disorder, upset
    Derived forms: verb choke9, verb choke5, verb choke1
  2. choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling - the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
    --2 is a kind of suffocation, asphyxiation
    Derived forms: verb choke3, verb choke4
Verb choke has 14 senses
  1. choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
    --1 is one way to
    breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
    Derived form: noun choking1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. choke, gag, fret - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
    --2 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Derived forms: noun choker3, noun choker4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. choke, scrag - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
    --3 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Derived forms: noun choker1, noun choking2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
    --4 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Derived form: noun choking2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  5. gag, choke, strangle, suffocate - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
    --5 is one way to suffer, hurt
    Derived form: noun choking1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s on something
    Somebody ----s PP
  6. choke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
    --6 is one way to
    fail, neglect
    Derived form: noun choker2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  7. choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
    --7 is one way to
    bottle up, suppress
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
    --8 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  9. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
    --9 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Derived form: noun choking1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  10. suffocate, choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
    --10 is one way to become, turn
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  11. suffocate, choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
    --11 is one way to stifle, dampen
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  12. kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it - die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
    --12 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  13. choke, throttle - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
    --13 is one way to enrich
    Derived form: noun choke2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  14. gag, choke - cause to retch or choke
    --14 is one way to sicken
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
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