choking

About 1.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
2. noun The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
3. noun The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
4. noun The result of something being choked.
5. verb present participle and gerund of choke

Similar words

suffocative smothering suffocating strangulation strangling breathless throttling asphyxiation stifling crushing

Often followed by

on with and the him in back her voice

Word family

chokingly