English Explanatory Dictionary

strangle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
  2. To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
  3. To stifle or suppress.
  4. To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
  5. To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strangle.wav /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl] [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)l/ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɛ̃ŋɡəl] [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɛ̃ŋɡl̩]

Word forms

strangle strangles strangling strangled

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

scrag

Related words

strangulate strangulation asphyxiate choke gag querk suffocate throttle

Derived words

strangleable strangledly stranglehold stranglement strangler strangle the parrot strangleweed strangling strangling angel strangling angel of children strangling fig stranglingly unstrangle unstrangled

Translations

Arabic: خَنَقَ Azerbaijani: boğmaq Basque: itota hil Belarusian: душы́ць Belarusian: прыдушы́ць Central Bikol: hugot Bulgarian: удушавам Catalan: estrangular Catalan: escanyar Chinese Mandarin: 扼殺 /扼杀 Chinese Mandarin: 勒死 Czech: uškrtit Czech: dávit Danish: kvæle Dutch: wurgen Dutch: worgen Esperanto: strangoli Finnish: kuristaa French: étrangler Galician: esganar Galician: estrangular Georgian: დაგუდვა Georgian: გუდავს Georgian: დახრჩობა Georgian: ახრჩობს German: strangulieren German: erwürgen Greek: στραγγαλίζω Ancient Greek: ἄγχω Ancient Greek: στραγγαλίζω Hebrew: חנק Hebrew: חנק למוות Hungarian: megfojt Hungarian: fojtogat Indonesian: mencekik Irish: tacht Italian: strangolare Japanese: 絞め殺す Khmer: ច្របាច់ក Khmer: ត្របែងក Khmer: រឹតក Korean: 교살하다 Northern Kurdish: fetisandin Latin: angō Latin: strangulō Latin: suffōcō Latin: offōcō Lithuanian: pasmaugti Māori: ronarona Māori: nanati Māori: tārona Middle English: stranglen Khiamniungan Naga: thīp-àh Norman: êtranglyi Old Church Slavonic: загрълꙗти Old English: āwyrġan Old English: wyrgan Portuguese: estrangular Portuguese: sufocar Quechua: sipiy Russian: души́ть Russian: задуши́ть Russian: придуши́ть Scottish Gaelic: tachd Scottish Gaelic: mùch
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