CHOKING


Meaning of CHOKING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchō-kiŋ ]

adjective

Date: 1556

1. : producing the feeling of strangulation

a choking cloud of smog

2. : indistinct in utterance — used especially of a person's voice

a low choking laugh

• chok·ing·ly -kiŋ-lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.