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The correct spelling is choking.
How to pronounce choking
/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/
Say it like: Cho-kin-g
The correct spelling is choking. 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 th… For example: "Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish."
Usage Examples
“Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.”
“The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.”
“to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud”
Meanings
verb
- 1.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).
- 2.To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- 3.To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- 4.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).
- 5.To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
noun
- 1.The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
- 2.The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
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