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Heimlich

proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

noun 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.

verb Heimlichs · Heimliching · Heimliched

  1. 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.

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@misc{heimlich_2026,
  title = {Heimlich},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heimlich},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}