choking
Meanings
- 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"
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion;
- be too tight; rub or press;
- "This neckband is choking the cat"
- wring the neck of;
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation;
- check or slow down the action or effect of;
- become or cause to become obstructed;
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
- reduce the air supply;
- cause to retch or choke
- CHOKING present participle of choke
Synonyms
- strangling
- strangulation
- throttling
- choke
- gag
- fret
- scrag
- strangle
- suffocate
- clog
- choke off
- clog up
- back up
- congest
- foul
- stifle
- asphyxiate
- die
- decease
- perish
- go
- exit
- pass away
- expire
- pass
- kick the bucket
- cash in one's chips
- buy the farm
- conk
- give-up the ghost
- drop dead
- pop off
- croak
- snuff it
- throttle
Scrabble Score: 17
choking is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordchoking is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
choking is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
choking is a valid Words With Friends word