Meanings
strangles1
- uncountableA disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi.
Modern man, wherever he goes, plants the seeds of disaster among all things primitive. His horses and cattle carry ticks and strangles and pleurisy; his sheep carry pest seed[.]
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 811 more example
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.
1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman, page 245
strangles2
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of strangle
- pluralplural of strangle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic خُنَان m خُنَاق
- خُنَان m خُنَاق (ḵunān)disease of horses
Catalan galteres equines
- galteres equinesdisease of horses
Czech hříběcí
- hříběcídisease of horses
Danish kværke
- kværkedisease of horses
Dutch droes
- droesdisease of horses
Estonian nõlg
- nõlgdisease of horses
Finnish pääntauti
- pääntautidisease of horses
French gourme
- gourmedisease of horses
German Druse
- Drusedisease of horses
Hungarian mirigykór
- mirigykórdisease of horses
Italian stranguglione
- stranguglionedisease of horses
Polish zołzy
- zołzydisease of horses
Portuguese garrotilho
- garrotilhodisease of horses
Russian мыт
- мыт (myt)disease of horses
Spanish gurma
- gurmadisease of horses
Swedish kvarka
- kvarkadisease of horses
Turkish su sakağısı
- su sakağısıdisease of horses
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
strangles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangles
“strangles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangles. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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