choking

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -əʊkɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: CH OW1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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By surface analysis, choke + -ing.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: dušení — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Danish: kvælning — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Finnish: tukehtuminen — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• German: Ersticken — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• German: Erstickung — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Greek: πνιγμονή (pnigmoní) — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Greek: πνίξιμο (pníximo) — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Spanish: ahogo — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Tagalog: balariid — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• Tagalog: pagkabalariid — obstruction of the flow of air into the lungs
• German: Röcheln — act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe
• German: Würgen — act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe
• German: Würgen — act of strangulation by hands or means, except hanging
• German: Strangulation — act of strangulation by hands or means, except hanging
• German: Erdrosseln — act of strangulation to death
• German: Erwürgen — act of strangulation to death