choking UK /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/US /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɪŋ/ noun4 •The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.In the last 6 years, there has been a great effort to educate the public concerning the prevention of choking due to accidental aspiration of foods or small objects by children. — 1988 •The result of something being choked.This feature has been found effective in reducing injector trouble, resulting either from the clogging of sieves or the choking of the annular orifices of the injectors by fine particles of coal. — 1957 •The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.The chokings, which now always succeed every epileptic sleep, are violent beyond description, and last a long time. — 1848 •The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.She tells of many chokings and blows inflicted by the defendant, and says her health was thereby affected and, presumably, her life endangered. — 1966 formschokings
