Choking
['tʃəʊkɪŋ] or ['tʃokɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; 'no evidence that the choking was done by the accused'.
(noun.) a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx).
Editor: Nancy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choke
(a.) That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
(a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- I went down to him, choking for breath, with my heart leaping as if it was like to leap out of me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- After giving a great heave, and with a purple choking face, he then began. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And, with streaming eyes and choking voice, the black man looked up to heaven. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Oh oh oh oh, then choking, Mama mama mia. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I felt that I was choking again--I taxed myself with it, Esther, now, you know you are! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now she laughed--a little choking gurgle of a laugh; but it was enough. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was evident to him that he soon must die unless he tore loose from the steel fingers that were choking the life from him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, choking again, Thank you! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This cabinet dazzled me, it was so full of light: it deafened me, it was clamorous with voices: it stifled me, it was so hot, choking, thronged. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Emanuel a hard look of triumph, and hearing the distressed tremor of my own voice, out I burst in a fit of choking tears. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She heard the deep voice shouting again and she turned from the saddle and shouted, choking, Yes! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She had hardly given way to the first choking sob, when she became aware of Dixon standing at her drawers, and evidently searching for something. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Checker: Thomas