stranglern.

Brit.

/ˈstraŋɡlə/, U.S.

/ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lər/

Etymology: < strangle v. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who or something which strangles. literal and figurative. strangler's grip = strangle-hold (strangle n. Compounds).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > strangler

strangler1552

throttler1810

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres

swengOE

turn?c1225

castc1400

trip1412

fall?a1425

foil1553

collar1581

lock1598

faulx1602

fore-hip1602

forward1602

inturn1602

mare1602

hug1617

disembracement1663

buttock1688

throw1698

back-lock1713

cross-buttock1713

flying horse1713

in holds1713

buttocker1823

chip1823

dogfall1823

cross-buttocker1827

hitch1834

bear hug1837

backfall1838

stop1840

armlock1841

side hug1842

click1846

catch-hold1849

back-breaker1867

back-click1867

snap1868

hank1870

nelson1873

headlock1876

chokehold1886

stranglehold1886

hip lock1888

heave1889

strangle1890

pinfall1894

strangler's grip1895

underhold1895

hammer-lock1897

scissor hold1897

body slam1899

scissors hold1899

armbar1901

body scissors1903

scissors grip1904

waist-hold1904

neck hold1905

scissors1909

hipe1914

oshi1940

oshi-dashi1940

oshi-taoshi1940

pindown1948

lift1958

whip1958

Boston crab1961

grapevine1968

powerbomb1990

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Strangler, suffocator.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H My selfe will be thy strangler, vnmatcht slaue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 122 The band that seemes to tye their friendship together, will bee the very strangler of their Amity.

1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 19 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2053 I am glad that the capital strangler should, in his turn, be strangle-able.

1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 355 Though..the cords of the strangler and the sword of the headsman be ready for me.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 2/1 The strangler's grip is another trick which some men practise, though not very often with success, as the police know it and watch for it.

b. spec. in Botany, an epiphytic plant which eventually sends its roots to the ground and smothers its host.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > epiphyte

superplant1626

supercrescence1646

air plant1799

epiphyte1861

strangler1895

1895 J. Rodway In Guiana Forest 91 The strangler is now ready for its deadly work. The forest giant..is bound by cords which are stronger than iron bands.

1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest ii. 21 The third section of dependent plants, here termed stranglers..begin life as epiphytes and later send roots to the ground.

1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xiv. 435 Stranglers..begin life as epiphytes but later send down roots to the soil.

1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 288/1 Clusia..dioecious trees and shrubs, occasionally more or less epiphytic or stranglers.

2. = choke n.² 7.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > carburettor > parts of

float1901

float-chamber1901

float needle1901

float-feed1902

tickler1906

strangler1925

choke1926

1925 E. W. Knott Carburettor Handbk. i. 29 Easy starting devices... First, stranglers or air chokes which reduce the main air supply by means of a suitable shutter or similar device, the use of which increases the suction on the main fuel orifice or jet far beyond the normal state of affairs.

1976 J. Watson Understanding your Car v. 27 A second butterfly valve, mounted above the spray tube..is known as a strangler, and by cutting off most of the air it greatly increases the suction on the jet to give a very rich mixture for starting.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations in sense 1b, as strangler fig, strangler vine.

ΚΠ

1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 74/2 The strangler fig in the tropical jungle, which kills other trees to reach the light, is a rare type.

1962 Times 6 Apr. 7/2 Strangler figs..envelope and kill other trees.

1976 Publishers Weekly 12 Jan. 50/3 ‘Nanny’ grows upon the family like a strangler vine upon a tree.

C2.

strangler tree n. U.S. a tree of the genus Clusia, growing usually as a parasite on some other tree.

ΚΠ

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Suppl., Strangler tree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strangler
释义	stranglern. Brit. /ˈstraŋɡlə/, U.S. /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lər/ Etymology: < strangle v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who or something which strangles. literal and figurative. strangler's grip = strangle-hold (strangle n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > massacrer or slaughterer > [noun] > strangler strangler1552 throttler1810 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > wrestling > [noun] > manoeuvres swengOE turn?c1225 castc1400 trip1412 fall?a1425 foil1553 collar1581 lock1598 faulx1602 fore-hip1602 forward1602 inturn1602 mare1602 hug1617 disembracement1663 buttock1688 throw1698 back-lock1713 cross-buttock1713 flying horse1713 in holds1713 buttocker1823 chip1823 dogfall1823 cross-buttocker1827 hitch1834 bear hug1837 backfall1838 stop1840 armlock1841 side hug1842 click1846 catch-hold1849 back-breaker1867 back-click1867 snap1868 hank1870 nelson1873 headlock1876 chokehold1886 stranglehold1886 hip lock1888 heave1889 strangle1890 pinfall1894 strangler's grip1895 underhold1895 hammer-lock1897 scissor hold1897 body slam1899 scissors hold1899 armbar1901 body scissors1903 scissors grip1904 waist-hold1904 neck hold1905 scissors1909 hipe1914 oshi1940 oshi-dashi1940 oshi-taoshi1940 pindown1948 lift1958 whip1958 Boston crab1961 grapevine1968 powerbomb1990 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Strangler, suffocator. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H My selfe will be thy strangler, vnmatcht slaue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 122 The band that seemes to tye their friendship together, will bee the very strangler of their Amity. View more context for this quotation 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 19 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2053 I am glad that the capital strangler should, in his turn, be strangle-able. 1844 Peter Parley's Ann. 355 Though..the cords of the strangler and the sword of the headsman be ready for me. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Oct. 2/1 The strangler's grip is another trick which some men practise, though not very often with success, as the police know it and watch for it. b. spec. in Botany, an epiphytic plant which eventually sends its roots to the ground and smothers its host. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > epiphyte superplant1626 supercrescence1646 air plant1799 epiphyte1861 strangler1895 1895 J. Rodway In Guiana Forest 91 The strangler is now ready for its deadly work. The forest giant..is bound by cords which are stronger than iron bands. 1952 P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest ii. 21 The third section of dependent plants, here termed stranglers..begin life as epiphytes and later send roots to the ground. 1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xiv. 435 Stranglers..begin life as epiphytes but later send down roots to the soil. 1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 288/1 Clusia..dioecious trees and shrubs, occasionally more or less epiphytic or stranglers. 2. = choke n.² 7. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > carburettor > parts of float1901 float-chamber1901 float needle1901 float-feed1902 tickler1906 strangler1925 choke1926 1925 E. W. Knott Carburettor Handbk. i. 29 Easy starting devices... First, stranglers or air chokes which reduce the main air supply by means of a suitable shutter or similar device, the use of which increases the suction on the main fuel orifice or jet far beyond the normal state of affairs. 1976 J. Watson Understanding your Car v. 27 A second butterfly valve, mounted above the spray tube..is known as a strangler, and by cutting off most of the air it greatly increases the suction on the jet to give a very rich mixture for starting. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations in sense 1b, as strangler fig, strangler vine. ΚΠ 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 74/2 The strangler fig in the tropical jungle, which kills other trees to reach the light, is a rare type. 1962 Times 6 Apr. 7/2 Strangler figs..envelope and kill other trees. 1976 Publishers Weekly 12 Jan. 50/3 ‘Nanny’ grows upon the family like a strangler vine upon a tree. C2. strangler tree n. U.S. a tree of the genus Clusia, growing usually as a parasite on some other tree. ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Suppl., Strangler tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1552
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