kikna — meaning in English

English meaning

• convulse verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
• wheeze verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.

Senses

kikna is used for these senses in English:

• convulse (intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.
• wheeze To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

convulse — full definition

1. verb To shake uncontrollably as your muscles jerk violently.
2. verb To be thrown into serious political or social unrest.
3. verb To make someone shake or double over, especially from laughing very hard.
4. verb To throw something into chaos or disorder.

wheeze — full definition

1. verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.
2. noun A whistling, rasping sound made when breathing with difficulty.

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