stifle

stifle is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
2. transitive verb. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
3. transitive verb. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
4. transitive verb. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
5. intransitive verb. To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
6. noun. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

   Synonyms: knee

7. verb. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

   "The child suffocated under the pillow"

   Synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate

8. verb. smother or suppress

   "Stifle your curiosity"

   Synonyms: dampen

9. verb. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

   "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

   Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, suffocate

10. verb. conceal or hide

    "smother a yawn"

    "muffle one's anger"

    Synonyms: muffle, repress, smother, strangle

Synonyms

knee, asphyxiate, suffocate, dampen, choke, muffle, repress, smother, strangle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stifle:

filets, fistle, fliest, flites, itself

Common word forms

stifled, stifler, stifles, stifling

Words from these letters

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