Stifler

sti·fle ¹  (stfl)

v. sti·fled, sti·fling, sti·fles

v.tr.

1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).

2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.

3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.

v.intr.

1. To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.

2. To die of suffocation.

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[Middle English stifilen, alteration (influenced by Old Norse stfla, to stop up) of stuffen, stuflen, to stifle, choke, drown, from Old French estoufer, of Germanic origin.]

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stifler n.

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sti·fle ²  (stfl)

n.

The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.

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[Middle English, possibly from Old French estivel, pipe, leg, tibia, from Latin stpes, stick.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stifler - a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses; "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop" smotherer individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"