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    [Verb]  | "sti*fle" | \ ˈstī-fəl \


    1: to withhold from circulation or expression

    2: to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.)

    3: deter, discourage


    Origin: 1513 ;

     Alteration of Middle English stuflen;

    [Noun]  | "stifle" 


    1: the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (such as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English;

    [Verb]  | "stifles" 


    1: to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air;


      * e.g., " ... unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault "





    2: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;


      * e.g., " ... stifled a yawn "



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    3: to deaden the sound of;


      * e.g., " ... he stifled a cough with his hand "



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    [Verb]  | "stifle" 


    1: to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air;


      * e.g., " ... unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault "





    2: to refrain from openly showing or uttering;


      * e.g., " ... stifled a yawn "



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    • (N/A)





    3: to deaden the sound of;


      * e.g., " ... he stifled a cough with his hand "



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     [ "stifle" ]

    1: A word used by Jim Brown to tell his students to shut up!

      * e.g.,  ... "George, stifle yourself before I flog you with a keyboard!" 

     [ "Stifle" ]

    1: A not too common phrase, frequently used by Archie Bunker on "All in the Family," usually directed to his wife, Edith. A more modern translation would be a simple "shut up." this is one of the many famous catchphrases and taglines used by Archie Bunker. Another popular one would be the nickname he gave his son inlaw: Meathead.

      * e.g.,  ... Edith: Oh, Archie!!! Let me tell you.... 

     [ "Stifling" ]

    1: Verb. The act of preventing an unwanted bowel motion.

      * e.g.,  ... Steven: Why are walking funny? 

     [ "stifle" ]

    1: A word used by professors to tell their undergrads to close their flapping holes.

      * e.g.,  ... STIFLE, Rodriquez! Do I need to kick your ass? 

     [ "Stifle" ]

    1: The act of stifling. I.e. to suprress bowel motion.

      * e.g.,  ... Kid: Hey mum I need to take a dump. 

     [ "Stifling" ]

    1: To stiffle - to attempt to conceal a huge mound or erection originating from ones crotch.

      * e.g.,  ... HE'S STIFLING! 


     [ "Stifling" ]

    2: Trying to conceal an erection.

      * e.g.,  ... Look at those jeans, they'd b good stiflers! 


     [ "Stifling" ]

    3: Jeans Stifle erections well, but hurt.

     [ "stifle" ]

    1: to drink something, especially beer, in hurried fashion. originally derived from the noun Stifling Helmet, a homemade beer bong whose name came from a line in the hit motion picture "300."

      * e.g.,  ... Jon just stifled 2 Natty's in 5 seconds! Damn! 

     [ "stifle it" ]

    1: Shut your mouth or silence to supress ones loadness to be quiet with a quickness

      * e.g.,  ... I told that broad to stifle it. 

     [ "Stifle Yourself" ]

    1: A very impolite way of telling someone to be quiet.

      * e.g.,  ... Edith, would you stifle yourself! 

     [ "Stifle McFunningston" ]

    1: A person who, at a party, stifles fun.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop being a Stifle McFunningston, Patty, just because your house is on fire. 

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