(n) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses, Syn.smotherer, Example: he is a real conversation stifler; I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ From Stiff. ] (Far.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stifle bone, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella, or kneepan. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stifled p. pr. & vb. n. Stifling ] [ Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. stīfla to dam up. ] 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion. [ 1913 Webster ]
I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
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