choking means the process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
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choking is pronounced /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/.
Etymology
By surface analysis, choke + -ing.
noun
- The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.e.g.“In the last 6 years, there has been a great effort to educate the public concerning the prevention of choking due to accidental aspiration of foods or small objects by children.” — 1988, American Academy of Pediatrics, Policy Reference Guide, page 150:
- The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
- The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.e.g.“She tells of many chokings and blows inflicted by the defendant, and says her health was thereby affected and, presumably, her life endangered.” — 1966, Reports of Cases in Law and Equity Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, page 933:
- The result of something being choked.e.g.“This feature has been found effective in reducing injector trouble, resulting either from the clogging of sieves or the choking of the annular orifices of the injectors by fine particles of coal.” — 1957 October 7, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
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Words closest in meaning
By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.
- choked 79% match — Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death. vs choking →
- choke 74% match — To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict). vs choking →
- chokingly 70% match — While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke. vs choking →
- chokehold 65% match — A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing. vs choking →
- chokable 64% match — On which a person might choke. vs choking →
- chokedamp 63% match — A damp consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, so called for its ability to asphyxiate. vs choking →
- asphyxiate 62% match — To smother or suffocate someone. vs choking →
- asphyxia 62% match — Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. vs choking →