hamper vs strangle

hamper

verb
  • To impede in motion or progress. 

  • To put into a hamper. 

  • To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle 

noun
  • A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper 

  • A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. 

  • A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals 

  • A gift basket. 

  • Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times. 

strangle

verb
  • To stifle or suppress. 

  • To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. 

  • To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner. 

  • To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled. 

noun
  • A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices. 

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