choking
choking · chokings
удушение
Würgen, Ersticken, Erstickung, Röcheln
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases…The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
UK/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/US/ˈt͡ʃoʊkɪŋ/
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
Ersticken, Erstickung
(countable, uncountable)The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
Röcheln, Würgen
(countable, uncountable)The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
Würgen, Strangulation, Erdrosseln
(countable, uncountable)The result of something being choked.
More definitions
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
- a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 4
obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs:
act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe:
act of strangulation by hands or means, except hanging:
act of strangulation to death:
Origin
By surface analysis, choke + -ing.By surface analysis, choke + -ing.
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Forms
plural: chokingsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe:stranglingstrangulationthrottling
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedchoke
Derivedchoking game
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable