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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋstaIfL 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊstaifl 〕


Overview of noun stifle

The noun stifle has 1 sense


  • stifle, knee -- (joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee)


Overview of verb stifle

The verb stifle has 4 senses


  • smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")

  • stifle, dampen -- (smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity")

  • suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke -- (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children")

  • suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate -- (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow")