Strangling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The crime of killing by strangling. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of strangle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"It was the sob of a woman, the muffled, strangling gasp of one who is torn by an uncontrollable sorrow."