Definitions for: Choking

[n] the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
[n] a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
[adj] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, smothering, strangling, strangulation, suffocating, suffocative, throttling

See Also: asphyxiation, disorder, suffocation, upset

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