Dream Dictionary

Strangle

To dream that you or someone else is being strangled, denotes that you are repressing or denying a vital aspect of your expression.

Dictionary definition

  • v. 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]
  • 2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress]
  • 3: die from strangulation
  • 4: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
  • 5: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: choke, strangle]
  • 6: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]