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Heimlich

Heimlich proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Heimlich

  1. A surname from German.

Noun

Heimlich (plural Heimlichs)

  1. Heimlich maneuver.
    • They choke to death on water. […] Four Heimlichs take ten seconds to perform and anyone can do them. The Red Cross adopted the Heimlich.2003, Rustum Roy, Science of Whole Person Healing: Proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary International Conference, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 3
    • Having never done a Heimlich on a dog myself, I have no way to know for sure.
      THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER
      The Heimlich for a Small Dog
      1. Lay the dog on her side on a flat, hard surface.[…]2005 November 3, Tracie Hotchner, The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know, Penguin, →ISBN, page 313

Verb

Heimlich (third-person singular simple present Heimlichs, present participle Heimliching, simple past and past participle Heimliched)

  1. (perhaps informal) To perform the Heimlich maneuver (on).
    • Dime-sized bites rarely choke you to death. […] (Choking is the fourth most common cause of unintentional injury mortality in the United States.) […] If a waitress ever Heimlichs you out of heaven, tip her with exuberance.2007 June 5, Jeffrey J. Fox, How to Get to the Top: Business Lessons Learned at the Dinner Table, Hachette Books, →ISBN
    • Joel storms down the stairs, and Heimlichs me two times without success. My mind is racing in a near-death hallucination. […] In a choking, gasping stretch for air I collapse into Joel's arms. “I'm still good for something,” he jokes.2015 April 7, Katina I. Makris, Out of the Woods: Healing from Lyme Disease for Body, Mind, and Spirit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

Forms of Heimlich

Noun
pluralHeimlichs
Verb
third-person singular presentHeimlichs
present participleHeimliching
past participleHeimliched
pastHeimliched

Phrases with Heimlich

Questions about Heimlich

What does Heimlich mean?
Heimlich means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Heimlich?
Heimlich can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.

Words near Heimlich in the dictionary

  1. Heimerls
  2. Heimers
  3. Heimie
  4. Heimies
  5. heimish
  6. Heimlich
  7. Heimlich maneuver
  8. Heimlich maneuvers
  9. Heimlich manoeuver
  10. Heimlich manoeuvers
  11. Heimlich manoeuvre

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