Stifle Vocab Meme Dictionary – English to Hindi translation

Stifle

• (verb) restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion); “she stifled a giggle”
• (verb) prevent or constrain (an activity or idea); “high taxes were stifling private enterprise”
• (verb) make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate; “those in the streets were stifled by the fumes”
• (noun) a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.

Stifle (स्टाइफल) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

• दबाना, दम घोंटना

Stifle Origin

• late Middle English: perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’.

Stifle in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

• World Cup 2018 Qualifying: Syrians stifle Korea, Japan back on track.
• Sedition Has Become an Easy Tool to Stifle Dissent: Aakar Patel.
• Realty Law Has ‘Serious Anomalies’, Can Stifle Growth: DLF.
• BoE says won’t stifle innovation as wrestles with fintech.
• Is Jai Hind College trying to stifle the voices of Mumbai youths?

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of stifle

• stifle = stif + rifle dekhkar chor bhi stifle ho jaayega

Stifle Pronunciation