strangle
Plural: strangles
Verb
Verb Forms: strangled, strangling, strangles
- To choke to death by constricting the throat; to suppress.
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- "he tried to strangle his opponent"
- conceal or hide
- "strangle a yawn"
- die from strangulation
- prevent the progress or free movement of
- "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
- To stifle or suppress.
- To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
- To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
Noun
- A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Examples
- He strangled a scream.
- His opponent’s cunning block managed to strangle any chance of a bingo for him.
- She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Synonyms
choke, cramp, gag, halter, hamper, muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangulate, suffocate, throttle
Scrabble Score: 9
strangle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstrangle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
strangle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary