choking

/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

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).
To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.

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