Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
strangle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩] without æ-raising
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ without æ-raising
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl] (Canada, US)
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɛ̃ŋɡəl] (Canada, US)
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɛ̃ŋɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)l/ (Canada, US)
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 worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Meanings
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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.
Forms
Relateds
choke · gag · querk · throttle · suffocate · asphyxiate
strangle en · VERB
Pronunciation
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩] without æ-raising
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ without æ-raising
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl] (Canada, US)
- [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɛ̃ŋɡəl] (Canada, US)
- [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɛ̃ŋɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)l/ (Canada, US)
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 worien (“to strangle”) (> English worry).
Meanings
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(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.
And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.
1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
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(transitive) To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.
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(transitive) To stifle or suppress.
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(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
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(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […]
1626, Ovid, “The Eighth Booke”, in George Sandys, transl., Ovid’s Metamorphosis Englished […], London: […] William Stansby, →OCLC, page 165:Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Forms
Deriveds
strangleable · stranglehold · strangleweed · strangling fig · unstrangled · stranglement · strangling angel · unstrangle · strangledly · strangler · strangling angel of children · strangle the parrot · strangling · stranglingly
Relateds
strangulation · strangulate
Synonyms
scrag
Translations (98)
ja 絞め殺す (to kill someone by strangulation) · nl wurgen (to kill someone by strangulation) · sv strypa (to kill someone by strangulation) · la angō (to kill someone by strangulation) · la suffōcō (to kill someone by strangulation) · cu загрълꙗти (to kill someone by strangulation) · kix thīp-àh (to kill someone by strangulation) · fi kuristaa (to kill someone by strangulation) · es estrangular (to kill someone by strangulation) · id mencekik (to kill someone by strangulation) · gl estrangular (to kill someone by strangulation) · ota بوغمق (to kill someone by strangulation) · de erwürgen (to kill someone by strangulation) · hu elfojt (to stifle or suppress) · ru души́ть (to kill someone by strangulation) · cmn 扼殺 /扼杀 (to kill someone by strangulation) · kmr fetisandin (to kill someone by strangulation) · sh zadaviti (to kill someone by strangulation) · be душы́ць (to kill someone by strangulation) · grc ἄγχω (to kill someone by strangulation) · tl manakal (to kill someone by strangulation) · de strangulieren (to kill someone by strangulation) · pt estrangular (to kill someone by strangulation) · ru подави́ть (to stifle or suppress) · sw nyonga (to stifle or suppress) · la offōcō (to kill someone by strangulation) · ang wyrgan (to kill someone by strangulation) · ka დაგუდვა (to kill someone by strangulation) · cy tagu (to kill someone by strangulation) · ang āwyrġan (to kill someone by strangulation) · ko 교살하다 (to kill someone by strangulation) · cs potlačit (to stifle or suppress) · unm këpixkwèna (to kill someone by strangulation) · pt sufocar (to kill someone by strangulation) · vi bóp nghẹt (to kill someone by strangulation) · ru подавля́ть (to stifle or suppress) · grc στραγγαλίζω (to kill someone by strangulation) · cmn 抑制 (to stifle or suppress) · bg сподавям (to stifle or suppress) · he חנק למוות (to kill someone by strangulation) · enm worien (to kill someone by strangulation) · tr boğmak (to kill someone by strangulation) · ru задуши́ть (to kill someone by strangulation) · gl esganar (to kill someone by strangulation) · ka გუდავს (to kill someone by strangulation) · eu itota hil (to kill someone by strangulation) · km ច្របាច់ក (to kill someone by strangulation) · gd mùch (to kill someone by strangulation) · az boğmaq (to kill someone by strangulation) · hu fojtogat (to kill someone by strangulation) · el στραγγαλίζω (to kill someone by strangulation) · sv undertrycka (to stifle or suppress) · tl sumakal (to kill someone by strangulation) · bg удушавам (to kill someone by strangulation) · uk придуши́ти (to stifle or suppress) · mi nanati (to kill someone by strangulation) · hu megfojt (to kill someone by strangulation) · mi ronarona (to kill someone by strangulation) · th บีบคอ (to kill someone by strangulation) · gd tachd (to kill someone by strangulation) · qu sipiy (to kill someone by strangulation) · enm stranglen (to kill someone by strangulation) · cs uškrtit (to kill someone by strangulation) · he חנק (to kill someone by strangulation) · nl onderdrukken (to stifle or suppress) · la strangulō (to kill someone by strangulation) · ka დახრჩობა (to kill someone by strangulation) · ca escanyar (to kill someone by strangulation) · sw nyonga (to kill someone by strangulation) · mi nanati (to stifle or suppress) · lt pasmaugti (to kill someone by strangulation) · bcl hugot (to kill someone by strangulation) · km ត្របែងក (to kill someone by strangulation) · it strangolare (to kill someone by strangulation) · cmn 勒死 (to kill someone by strangulation) · fr étrangler (to kill someone by strangulation) · uk придуши́ти (to kill someone by strangulation) · nl worgen (to kill someone by strangulation) · km រឹតក (to kill someone by strangulation) · uk задуши́ти (to kill someone by strangulation) · cs dávit (to kill someone by strangulation) · da kvæle (to kill someone by strangulation) · eo strangoli (to kill someone by strangulation) · sk zaškrtiť (to kill someone by strangulation) · uk приду́шувати (to stifle or suppress) · ka ახრჩობს (to kill someone by strangulation) · tl sakalin (to kill someone by strangulation) · mi tārona (to kill someone by strangulation) · ru придуши́ть (to kill someone by strangulation) · enm stranglen (to stifle or suppress) · nrf êtranglyi (to kill someone by strangulation) · ga tacht (to kill someone by strangulation) · cmn 压制 (to stifle or suppress) · be прыдушы́ць (to kill someone by strangulation) · uk души́ти (to kill someone by strangulation) · ca estrangular (to kill someone by strangulation) · ar خَنَقَ (to kill someone by strangulation) · mi natinati (to stifle or suppress)