Unscramble choking

Definition of choking

noun:

• 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". Synonyms: strangling, strangulation, throttling.

verb:

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband". Synonyms: choke.
• be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat". Synonyms: choke, fret, gag.
• wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent". Synonyms: choke, scrag.
• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. Synonyms: choke, strangle.
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged". Synonyms: choke, 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". Synonyms: choke.
• check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger". Synonyms: choke.
• become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall", "The water pipe is backed up". Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul. Antonyms: unclog.
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children". Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate.
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village". Synonyms: choke, suffocate.
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him". Synonyms: choke, suffocate.
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer", "The children perished in the fire", "The patient went peacefully", "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102". Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it. Antonyms: be born.
• reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor". Synonyms: choke, throttle.
• cause to retch or choke. Synonyms: choke, gag.

Related words

abort, asphyxiate, block, drown, fall, famish, lug, predecease, silt, starve, stifle, stuff, succumb, suffocate, yield.

Words nearby

cooking.

Rhymes with

croaking, joking, poking, provoking, smoking, soaking, stroking.