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stifle
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[ˈstʌɪfl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate
(e.g: those in the streets were stifled by the fumes)
- restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)
(e.g: she stifled a giggle)
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Origin
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late Middle English: perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’
[ˈstʌɪfl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans
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Origin
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Middle English: of unknown origin
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