choke

[ chohk ]

/ tʃoʊk /

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verb (used with object), choked, chok·ing.

to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.

to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words.

to stop by filling; obstruct; clog: Grease choked the drain.

to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often followed by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears.

to fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture.

to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal.

to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.

Sports. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often followed by up).

verb (used without object), choked, chok·ing.

to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating: He choked on a piece of food.

to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped: The words choked in her throat.

noun

the act or sound of choking.

a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped.

Machinery. any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc.

Electricity. choke coil.

a narrowed part, as in a chokebore.

the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke.

Verb Phrases

choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as by choking: to choke off a nation's fuel supply.

choke up,

to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress: She choked up over the sadness of the tale.
to become too tense or nervous to perform well: Our team began to choke up in the last inning.

Origin of choke

1150–1200; Middle English choken, cheken, variant of achoken, acheken, Old English ācēocian to suffocate; akin to Old Norse kōk gullet

SYNONYMS FOR choke

3 block, dam, plug.

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OTHER WORDS FROM choke

choke·a·ble, adjective in·ter·choke, verb (used with object), in·ter·choked, in·ter·chok·ing. un·choke·a·ble, adjective un·choked, adjective

Words nearby choke

choir school, choirboy, choirgirl, choirmaster, choiseul, choke, choke back, choke chain, choke coil, choke collar, choke off

Example sentences from the Web for choked

He started drinking heavily, and choked her, threatened her with a knife, and even tried pushing her out of a moving car.

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She had been choked unconscious and very likely would have died had a passerby not scared away her attacker.

The Math That Keeps Helping College Rapists |Michael Daly |October 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But watching that movie, I get emotional, I get choked up, my wife makes fun of me.

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In the morning I stumbled down the staircase and choked down a chunky breakfast smoothie.

Aubrey Plaza’s Great Disconnect |Aubrey Plaza |August 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Despondent, she choked back sobs when she saw other women with babies.

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Sure, I'd be smothered and choked up with the water, to say nothing of being drowned!

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry |William Butler Yeats
He looked down through the transparent nose of the copter at a town, now choked with trees that grew among the tumbled walls.

The Return |H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
He sought in the choked underpart for their coverings, but could not find them there.

Frey and His Wife |Maurice Henry Hewlett
Millard made an effort to say more, but his utterance was choked.

The Faith Doctor |Edward Eggleston
He choked, recovered himself, and continued: "Disreputable quarters of Algiers—hem———"

The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne |Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for choked (1 of 2)

choked

/ (tʃəʊkt) /

adjective

British informal annoyed or disappointed

British Dictionary definitions for choked (2 of 2)

choke

/ (tʃəʊk) /

verb

(tr) to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation

(intr) to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking

(tr) to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)

(tr) to retard the growth or action of the weeds are choking my plants

(tr) to suppress (emotion) she choked her anger

(intr) slang to die

(tr) to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)

(intr) (esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well

noun

the act or sound of choking

a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply

any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc

Also called: choke coil electronics an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier

the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke

Derived forms of choke

chokeable, adjective

Word Origin for choke

Old English ācēocian, of Germanic origin; related to cheek

Medical definitions for choked

choke

[ chōk ]

v.

To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.

To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.

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verb (used without object), choked, chok·ing.

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choke

verb (used with object), choked, chok·ing.

verb (used without object), choked, chok·ing.

noun

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