throttling

Questions about throttling

What does throttling mean?

throttling means "the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe".

How many syllables are in throttling?

throttling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈθɹɑtəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for throttling?

Close synonyms include choking, strangling, strangulation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throttling a common word?

throttling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.