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strangles

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?st?æ??(?)lz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?st?æ???lz/
  • Hyphenation: stran?gles

Etymology 1

Noun

strangles (uncountable)

  1. A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
    • 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)
      The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
Derived terms
  • bastard strangles
Translations
Further reading
  • strangles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Verb

strangles

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strangle

Noun

strangles

  1. plural of strangle

Anagrams

  • grantless, slangster

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strangler

English

Etymology

strangle +? -er

Noun

strangler (plural stranglers)

  1. Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
  2. An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Derived terms

  • toad-strangler
  • strangler fig

Translations

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