Definition of Choking
Noun: choking chow-king
- A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
- The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
"no evidence that the choking was done by the accused";
- strangling, strangulation, throttling
- Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
- Be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat";
- gag, fret
- Wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent";
- scrag [N. Amer]
- Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- strangle
- Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"he swallowed a fishbone and choked";
- gag, strangle, suffocate
- Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
- Check or slow down the action or effect of
"She choked her anger"
- Become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves choke off our drains in the Fall";
- clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul
- Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly choking the children";
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
- Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
"He is choking--living at home with his aged parents in the small village";
- suffocate
- Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
"His job choked him";
- suffocate
- Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs
- Reduce the air supply
"choke a carburettor";
- throttle
- Cause to retch or choke
- gag
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