The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
chugiak
gawkish
gawkish
adj
gawky
gherkin
gherkin
noun
A small cucumber, often pickled whole.
gomukhi
goshawk
goshawk
noun
Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.
gurkhas
gzhatsk
hacking
hacking
adj
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
noun
(UK, countable) A riding or journey on horseback.
(computing) Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
(computing) Unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker.
(massage) The act of striking the muscles with the side of the hand.
(obsolete) The operation of working over the faces of rough or worn grindstones with a hack-hammer.
(obsolete, brick-making) The piling of bricks for drying.
(obsolete, gem-cutting) The cuts and grooves made in the metal laps by holding the cutting edge of a steel blade against them while in motion, for the purpose of providing receptacles or pockets for the powders using in cutting and polishing gems.
(obsolete, masonry) The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
(pathology) A dry coughing; the emission of a succession of short coughs.
(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.
verb
present participle of hack
hacklog
haglike
haglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hag; hideous, cronelike.
hanking
hanking
verb
present participle of hank
harking
harking
noun
The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
verb
present participle of hark
hawking
hawking
noun
Action of the verb to hawk.
verb
present participle of hawk
hekking
hocking
hocking
verb
present participle of hock
hodgkin
hogback
hogback
noun
(geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata
A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.
A hogframe.
hoglike
hoglike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a hog.
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
hokiang
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
honking
honking
adj
(informal) Having a bad smell.
Alternative spelling of honkin'
noun
A sound that honks.
verb
present participle of honk
hooking
hooking
noun
(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
The act of catching or fastening something on a hook.
verb
present participle of hook
howking
hukawng
hulkage
hulking
hulking
adj
Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
noun
A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
verb
present participle of hulk
husking
husking
noun
A meeting of neighbours or friends to assist in husking maize.
verb
present participle of husk
kashgar
kashgar
Proper noun
A city in Xinjiang, China.
Kashgar Prefecture.
kerchug
kerchug
intj
The sound of something dropping into water; a plop.
kiaughs
kirghiz
kithing
kithing
verb
present participle of kithe
knights
knights
noun
plural of knight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knight
kuching
kything
kything
noun
The spiritual process of focusing on one's shared connection with a loved one.