(~s, choking, ~d)
1.
When you ~ or when something ~s you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him ~ for a moment...
A small child could ~ on the doll’s hair...
Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her...
The girl ~d to death after breathing in smoke...
Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
VERB: V, V on n, V n, V to n, V-ing
2.
To ~ someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead.
The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building where they ~d him with his tie.
= strangle
VERB: V n
3.
If a place is ~d with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it.
The village’s roads are ~d with traffic...
His pond has been ~d by the fast-growing weed.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n, be V-ed by n
4.
The ~ in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu the N