Choking
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly. The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
Chocking
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.