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I've never owned an actual trail-running shoe myself, but maybe I should. My favorite paths are fraught with peril, much of it skulking at shoelace level. A rock, a root, an errant pine cone. Wham, and you're down, choking in dust and picking pebbles from wounds in your forearms and knees.
Don Kardong

Meaning of "choking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHOKING

choking  [ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Choking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHOKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Choking

Choking is the mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs. Choking prevents breathing, and can be partial or complete, with partial choking allowing some, although inadequate, flow of air into the lungs. Prolonged or complete choking results in asphyxia which leads to anoxia and is potentially fatal. Oxygen stored in the blood and lungs keep the victim alive for several minutes after breathing is stopped completely. Choking can be caused by: ▪ Physical obstruction of the airway by a foreign body. ▪ Respiratory diseases that involve obstruction of the airway. ▪ Compression of the laryngopharynx, larynx or vertebrate trachea in strangulation.

Definition of choking in the English dictionary

The definition of choking in the dictionary is causing breathing difficulties; suffocating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHOKING


anti-smoking
ˈæntɪˈsməʊkɪŋ
antismoking
ˌæntɪˈsməʊkɪŋ
booking
ˈbʊkɪŋ
broking
ˈbrəʊkɪŋ
cooking
ˈkʊkɪŋ
forward-looking
ˌfɔːwədˈlʊkɪŋ
joking
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ
mallemaroking
ˌmælɪməˈrəʊkɪŋ
noncoking
nɒnˈkəʊkɪŋ
nonsmoking
ˈnɒnˈsməʊkɪŋ
overbooking
ˌəʊvəˈbʊkɪŋ
pawnbroking
ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkɪŋ
provoking
prəˈvəʊkɪŋ
smoking
ˈsməʊkɪŋ
soaking
ˈsəʊkɪŋ
stockbroking
ˈstɒkbrəʊkɪŋ
thought-provoking
ˈθɔːtprəvəʊkɪŋ
Woking
ˈwəʊkɪŋ
yoking
ˈjəʊkɪŋ
young-looking
ˈjʌŋˌlʊkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOKING

choke-full
chokeable
chokeberries
chokeberry
chokebore
chokecherries
chokecherry
choked
chokedamp
chokehold
choker
chokey
chokidar
chokier
chokiest
chokingly
choko
chokra
chokri
choky

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOKING

banking
beard-stroking
block booking
breaking
capacity booking
distinguished-looking
e-booking
good-looking
half-joking
home cooking
inward-looking
nice-looking
odd-looking
old-looking
onlooking
outward-looking
passive smoking
queer-looking
shabby-looking
shifty-looking

Synonyms and antonyms of choking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHOKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «choking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of choking

Translation of «choking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHOKING

Find out the translation of choking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of choking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «choking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

窒息
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asfixia
570 millions of speakers

English

choking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاختناق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удушья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

asfixia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিষম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étouffement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tersedak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drosselung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チョーキング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Choking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghẹt thở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घुटमळणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boğucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soffocamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zadławienia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задухи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sufocare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πνιγμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verstik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvävning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

choking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of choking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOKING»

The term «choking» is very widely used and occupies the 22.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHOKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about choking

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHOKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word choking.
1
Mitch Daniels
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
2
Michael Easton
I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes, after just one season. I got used to that. But I found myself choking up a bit at 'OLTL.' It was really hard to say goodbye to those people. It was not the way we wanted to go out.
3
Charles William Eliot
Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.
4
Thomas Frank
The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace.
5
Carl Honore
There are times when fixing things quickly is the only option: when you have to channel MacGyver, reach for the duct tape, and cobble together whatever solution works right now. If someone is choking on a morsel of food, you don't sit back, stroke your chin and take the Aristotelian long view. You quickly administer the Heimlich maneuvre.
6
Don Kardong
I've never owned an actual trail-running shoe myself, but maybe I should. My favorite paths are fraught with peril, much of it skulking at shoelace level. A rock, a root, an errant pine cone. Wham, and you're down, choking in dust and picking pebbles from wounds in your forearms and knees.
7
Jay Leno
I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.
8
Jeff Lindsay
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.
9
Gene Mauch
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.
10
Ann Richards
Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with 9/11 or some of these families telling their stories, or children talking about drawing pictures of airplanes flying into towers, you know, I find myself still choking up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOKING»

Discover the use of choking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to choking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking ...
As this eye-opening volume reveals, accusations of "blasphemy," "apostasy," or "insulting Islam" are increasingly used by authoritarian governments and extremist forces in the Muslim world to acquire and consolidate power.
Paul Marshall, Nina Shea, 2011
2
Ceremony for the Choking Ghost: Poems by Karen Finneyfrock
-Paul Constant, editor The Stranger If you've never enjoyed poetry once in your whole life-if even the word "poetry" makes you want to fall asleep, or die-you should read Karen Finneyfrock's new book of poetry, Ceremony for the Choking ...
Karen Finneyfrock, 2013
3
Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It ...
Explains the brain science behind why some people "choke" under pressure, examining how attention and working memory guide human performance; how experience, practice, and brain development interact; and how these interconnected elements ...
Sian Beilock, 2011
4
Choking on the Silver Spoon: Keeping Your Kids Healthy, ...
This book offers a vital new program based on the Five Immutable Laws of Financial Parenting, practical principles to guide your every decision when handling your kids and money.
Gary W. Buffone, 2003
5
Choking In Fear
Small-town Indiana seems the perfect place for a boy to grow up, and Mike McCarty loved his life in Waveland as a police officer's son.
Mike McCarty, 2004
6
Choking on Marlon Brando: A Film Critic's Memoir About Love ...
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Antonia Quirke, 2008
7
A Planet Choking on Waste
Explores the problem of refuse, from common litter to toxic waste, on a global scale, covering the environmental, social, and economic implications of waste disposal.
Jared Keen, Jill Foran, 2002
8
The Everything First Aid Book: How to Handle: Falls and ...
How to handle: Falls and breaks Choking Cuts and scrapes Insect bites and rashes Burns Poisoning and when to call 911
Nadine Saubers, John Drehobl, 2008
9
Choking on Silence
KIRKUS INDIE BOOK REVIEWA remarkable journey of self-discovery and survival, as the author navigates a perfect storm of homosexuality, religion and military service.Gay-themed memoirs have become more and more common, but this work stands ...
Paul B. Tripp, 2012
10
Effect of Swirl on the Choking Criteria, Shock Structure, ...
Swirling flow in nozzles occurs in a number of important propulsion applications, including turbofans and turbojet engines, spin-stabilized rockets, and integral rocket/ramjets.
Ahmed Abdelhafez, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term choking is used in the context of the following news items.
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Probe: No Wrongdoing In Autistic Student's Choking Death
Dyasha Smith, 21, died after choking at the School for International ... found no wrongdoing in the choking death of an autistic Brooklyn student. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
2
Canada is burning and America is choking on her smoke
Firefighters tackle a wildfire near the town of La Ronge, Saskatchewan July 4, 2015. The provincial government said as of the weekend, there ... «PRI, Jul 15»
3
Baton Rouge man arrested, accused of choking, biting girlfriend …
After getting into a fight with his girlfriend over rent money and his apparent sexual advances toward other women, a Baton Rouge man ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
4
NHS Highland fined after choking death of James South in Inverness
NHS Highland has been fined £40,000 for causing the death of a patient at its flagship hospital in Inverness. James South choked and died ... «stv.tv, Jul 15»
5
Choking on AIR
In an Intro to Philosophy class so many years ago, a professor told the story of the turtles. A student asked what held the world up, and the ... «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
6
East Hartford Man Arrested After Allegedly Choking Girlfriend
East Hartford Man Arrested After Allegedly Choking Girlfriend. print. JORDAN OTERO. 11:39 a.m. EDT, July 7, 2015. EAST HARTFORD — A man was arrested ... «CTNow, Jul 15»
7
State police major on leave since May for allegedly choking brother …
Aucoin is currently on leave from his position as a state police officer, and was shortly following his arrest, though state police officials have ... «The Union Leader, Jul 15»
8
Man accused of choking, threatening to kill girlfriend
"(The victim) was gasping for air as (Rickard) was choking her," the citation said. "(She) advised that she thought he was going to kill her as he ... «The Messenger, Jul 15»
9
Off-duty deputy saves choking man at N.J. restaurant, authorities say
Restaurant employees had attempted to quell the man's choking, but were unsuccessful, Fontoura said. Cannon administered the Heimlich ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
10
CRADLE OF FILTH's DANI FILTH: 'Illegal Downloading Is Absolutely …
Illegal downloading is absolutely choking the music industry and you can see how it's coming to a head. I sort of fear for the music industry in ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»

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