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Choke

Choke Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Choke? [n] a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine [n] a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current [v] breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" [v] cause to retch or choke [v] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [v] constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [v] reduce the air supply; of carburetors [v] die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket" [v] suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [v] become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [v] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [v] become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [v] be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [v] wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [v] check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" [v] fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Choke: asphyxiate \| back up \| buy the farm \| choke coil \| choke off \| choking coil \| clog \| clog up \| congest \| conk \| croak \| drop dead \| foul \| fret \| gag \| gag \| kick the bucket \| pop off \| scrag \| snuff it \| strangle \| suffocate \| suffocate \| suffocate \| throttle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Choke: asphyxia \| asphyxiate \| asphyxiation \| bake \| bang \| bar \| barricade \| batten \| batten down \| be in heat \| be killed \| bind \| blaze \| block \| block up \| blockade \| bloom \| blow out \| boil \| bolt \| broil \| bung \| burke \| burking \| burn \| button \| button up \| caulk \| charge \| chink \| chock \| choke off \| choke up \| choking \| clap \| clog \| clog up \| close \| close off \| close tight \| close up \| combust \| congest \| constipate \| constrict \| contain \| contract \| cook \| cork \| cover \| cram \| crowd \| cut off \| dam \| dam up \| damp \| debar \| deny \| discourage \| dissuade \| dog \| douse \| drench \| drown \| drowning \| dumbfound \| extinguish \| famish \| fasten \| fill \| fill up \| flame \| flame up \| flare \| flare up \| flicker \| flush \| fold \| fold up \| foul \| frustrate \| fry \| gag \| garotte \| garrote \| garrotte \| gasp \| glow \| glut \| gluttonize \| gorge \| heap \| hush \| hush-hush \| incandesce \| jam \| jam-pack \| key \| killing \| latch \| liver death \| load \| lock \| lock out \| lock up \| megadeath \| muffle \| muzzle \| obstipate \| obstruct \| obviate \| occlude \| OD \| out \| overburden \| overcharge \| overfeed \| overfill \| overlade \| overload \| overstuff \| overweight \| pack \| padlock \| pant \| parch \| pile \| plug \| plug up \| plumb \| prohibit \| put down \| put out \| put to silence \| quash \| quell \| quench \| quiet \| quieten \| radiate heat \| repress \| restrain \| roast \| satiate \| saturate \| scald \| scorch \| seal \| seal off \| seal up \| secure \| seethe \| serum death \| shimmer with heat \| shush \| shut \| shut down on \| shut off \| shut out \| shut the door \| shut tight \| shut up \| silence \| simmer \| slack \| slam \| smolder \| smother \| smotheration \| smothering \| snap \| snuff \| snuff out \| soak \| soft-pedal \| spark \| spile \| squash \| squeeze \| squeeze shut \| squelch \| stamp out \| stanch \| starvation \| starve \| stay \| steam \| stench \| stew \| stifle \| stifling \| still \| stop \| stop the breath \| stop up \| stopper \| stopple \| strangle \| strangling \| strangulate \| strangulation \| strike dumb \| stuff \| stuff up \| suffocate \| suffocation \| supercharge \| supersaturate \| suppress \| surcharge \| surfeit \| sweat \| swelter \| throttle \| throttling \| toast \| trample out \| trample underfoot \| violent death \| watery grave \| zip up \| zipper See Also \| automatic choke \| become \| block \| bottle up \| breathe \| choke \| choke up \| circuit \| close up \| coil \| compact \| compact \| compress \| compress \| constrict \| constrict \| contract \| contract \| crap up \| dampen \| decease \| die \| electric circuit \| electrical circuit \| enrich \| exit \| expire \| fail \| fuel system \| go \| gum up \| hurt \| impede \| jam \| lug \| neglect \| obstruct \| obturate \| occlude \| pass \| pass away \| perish \| press \| press \| respire \| sicken \| silt \| silt up \| squeeze \| squeeze \| stifle \| stuff \| suffer \| suppress \| suspire \| take a breath \| turn \| valve Choke In Webster's Dictionary \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.'' --Swift. 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. \Choke\, v. i. 1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. --Sir W. Scott. \Choke\, n. 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

Choke Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Choke?

[n] a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
[n] a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
[v] breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
[v] cause to retch or choke
[v] struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
[v] constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
[v] reduce the air supply; of carburetors
[v] die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
[v] suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
[v] become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
[v] impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
[v] become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
[v] be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
[v] wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
[v] check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
[v] fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

Choke In Webster's Dictionary

\Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to
suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
   squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
   strangle.

         With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
                                               --Shak.

2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
   block up. --Addison.

3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
   to stifle.

         Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.

4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
   strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.'' --Swift.

5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
   barrel of a shotgun.

{To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a
   purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.


\Choke\, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
   throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
   to be strangled.

2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

         The words choked in his throat.       --Sir W.
                                               Scott.


\Choke\, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
   feeling of strangulation.

2. (Gun.)
   (a) The tied end of a cartridge.
   (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
       rocket, etc.

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