choking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: choking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for choking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
choking n 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" Synonym(s): choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [be]ceocian 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. [bd]I was choked at this word.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choking \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.