stifle is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
stifle stifles stifling stifled stifled
    (transitive also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
    (transitive hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
    • The heat was stifling the children.
    (transitive also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
stifle stifles
    (rare) An act or state of being stifled.
    (zootomy) The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
    • Synonyms: stifle joint
    (veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region.

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