Definitions for stifles

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stifles sti·fle

Spelling: [stahy-fuh l]

IPA: /ˈstaɪ fəl/

Stifles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in stifles (efilsst).

Definitions for stifles

noun

1. (in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
2. (in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.

verb (used with object)

1. to quell, crush, or end by force:
2. to suppress, curb, or withhold:
3. to kill by impeding respiration; smother.
4. to quell, crush, or end by force:
5. to suppress, curb, or withhold:
6. to kill by impeding respiration; smother.

verb (used without object)

1. to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere.
2. to become stifled or suffocated.
3. to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere.
4. to become stifled or suffocated.

Origin of stifles

1350-1400; Middle English Old Norse stīfla to stop up, dam, akin to stīfr stiff

Examples for stifles

Good technology tends to win out over time, despite all the attempts by the old guard to stifle it.

The NY Governor has set off a right-wing firestorm, standing accused of seeking to stifle free speech and political plurality.

Just as goals galore have defined this World Cup in Brazil, so too have the men whose job it is to stifle and stop those goals.

Then, the moment I reached home, it seemed to me I should stifle were I to enter the house.

He again turns Medicare into a voucher program, a position he had to stifle in 2012, because Romney did not approve.

As He knows so well where to hit us we must stifle our moans when He does so.

But the House approved a measure last month to stifle that proposed expansion.

Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry.

So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense.

Because it seemed to me that we were all of us, all day long, endeavouring to stifle the voice.

Just as goals galore have defined this World Cup in Brazil, so too have the men whose job it is to stifle and stop those goals.

Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry.

The NY Governor has set off a right-wing firestorm, standing accused of seeking to stifle free speech and political plurality.

Because it seemed to me that we were all of us, all day long, endeavouring to stifle the voice.

So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense.

As He knows so well where to hit us we must stifle our moans when He does so.

Good technology tends to win out over time, despite all the attempts by the old guard to stifle it.

He again turns Medicare into a voucher program, a position he had to stifle in 2012, because Romney did not approve.

Then, the moment I reached home, it seemed to me I should stifle were I to enter the house.

But the House approved a measure last month to stifle that proposed expansion.