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    • Synonyms choke American [chohk] / tʃoʊk /

    verb (used with object)

    choked, choking

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

    2. to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling.

      The sudden wind choked his words.

    3. to stop by filling; obstruct; clog.

      Grease choked the drain.

      Synonyms: plug, dam, block

    4. to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often followed by back ordown ).

      I managed to choke back my tears.

    5. to fill chock-full.

      The storeroom was choked with furniture.

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

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

    8. 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 byup ).

    verb (used without object)

    choked, choking

    1. to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating.

      He choked on a piece of food.

    2. to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped.

      The words choked in her throat.

    noun

    1. the act or sound of choking.

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

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

    4. Electricity. choke coil.

    5. a narrowed part, as in a chokebore.

    6. the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke.

    verb phrase

    1. choke up

      1. to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress.

        She choked up over the sadness of the tale.

      2. to become too tense or nervous to perform well.

        Our team began to choke up in the last inning.

    2. choke off to stop or obstruct by or as by choking.

      to choke off a nation's fuel supply.

    choke British / tʃəʊk /

    verb

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

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

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

    4. (tr) to retard the growth or action of

      the weeds are choking my plants

    5. (tr) to suppress (emotion)

      she choked her anger

    6. slang (intr) to die

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

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

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    noun

    1. the act or sound of choking

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

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

    4. 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

    5. the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    Other Word Forms

    • chokeable adjective
    • interchoke verb (used with object)
    • unchokeable adjective
    • unchoked adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of choke

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

    Example Sentences

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    Technology has fallen, cities have gone dark and fear has united humanity as the world chokes on its dying gasp.

    From Salon

    "This is my redemption," he said, choking up.

    From BBC

    Footage of rolling flames is as soothing as the real thing, and without the choking emissions and sooty clean-up.

    From Salon

    “There is doubt, and it’s real,” he said, choking up briefly.

    From The Wall Street Journal

    He choked up while thanking his supporters, some of whom were present at the hearing and applauded as he entered the courtroom.

    From The Wall Street Journal

    Related Words

    • clog
    • congest
    • drown
    • fill
    • gag
    • gasp
    • kill
    • stifle
    • strangle
    • suffocate

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