strangles

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)lz/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈstɹæŋɡəlz/
  • Hyphenation: stran‧gles

Etymology 1

Noun

strangles (uncountable)

  1. A disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
    • 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)
      The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
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Etymology 2

Verb

strangles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strangle

Noun

strangles

  1. plural of strangle

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