suffocating

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/

Verb

suffocating

1. present participle and gerund of suffocate

Noun

suffocating (plural suffocatings)

1. Synonym of suffocation
   • 1895 October 3, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “How to Tell a Story”, in How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published 1898, →OCLC, page 6:

     Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.

Anagrams

• offuscating