Choke

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
  • v. To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of: a garden that was choked by weeds.
  • v. To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging: Mud choked the drainpipe.
  • v. To fill up completely; jam: Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.
  • v. To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.
  • v. Sports To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.
  • verb-intransitive. To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
  • verb-intransitive. To become blocked up or obstructed.
  • verb-intransitive. Sports To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket. Often used with up.
  • verb-intransitive. To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic contest: choked by missing an easy putt on the final hole.
  • n. The act or sound of choking.
  • n. Something that constricts or chokes.
  • n. A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot.
  • n. A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.
  • n. The fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head.
  • phrasal-verb. choke back To hold back; suppress: choked back his tears.
  • phrasal-verb. choke off To bring to an end as if by choking: "Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity” ( Paul Craig Roberts).
  • phrasal-verb. choke up To be unable to speak because of strong emotion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
  • v. To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
  • v. To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
  • v. Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
  • v. To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
  • n. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
  • n. In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
  • n. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
  • n. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
  • v. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
  • v. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
  • v. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
  • v. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
  • verb-intransitive. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
  • verb-intransitive. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
  • n. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
  • n.
  • n. The tied end of a cartridge.
  • n. A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stop the breath of by preventing access of air to the windpipe; suffocate; stifle.
  • Specifically To deprive of the power of breathing, either temporarily or permanently, by stricture of or obstruction in the windpipe; constrict or stop up the windpipe of so as to hinder or prevent breathing; strangle.
  • To stop by filling; obstruct; block up: often with up: as, to choke up the entrance of a harbor or any passage.
  • To hinder by obstruction or impediments; overpower, hinder, or check the growth, expansion, or progress of; stifle; smother.
  • To suppress or stifle.
  • To offend greatly; revolt.
  • Same as choke-bore.
  • To stifle or suffocate, as by obstruction and pressure in hastily swallowing food, or by irritation of the air-passages when fluids are accidentally admitted there.
  • To be checked as if by choking; stick.
  • n. The constriction of the bore of a choke-bored gun.—
  • n. The neck or portion of a rocket where the stick is attached.—
  • n. The tie at the end of a cartridge.
  • n. The filamentous or capillary part of the artichoke.
  • n. In India, an open place or wide street, in the middle of a city, where the market is held.
  • To stop or cease working: said of electrical apparatus.
  • n. plural Tonsillitis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
  • v. reduce the air supply
  • v. cause to retch or choke
  • v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • v. check or slow down the action or effect of
  • n. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
  • v. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • v. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
  • n. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
  • v. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
  • v. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
  • v. become or cause to become obstructed
  • v. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
  • v. wring the neck of
  • v. be too tight; rub or press
  • v. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • Verb Form
    choked    chokees    chokes    choking   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    breathe    respire    suspire    take a breath    enrich    sicken    bottle up    inhibit    suppress    coil   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    unchoke    choker    choke collar   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stifle    stick    repress    check    swallow    gulp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baroque    Coke    Koch    Polk    Stoke    Wouk    awoke    baroque    bloke    boak   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Bert    cough    raspy    wheeze    gasp    commonmode    gulp    chuckle    croak    convulsive