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choke
[chohk]
verb (used with object)
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 ordown ).
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 byup ).
verb (used without object)
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 phrase
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.
choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as by choking.
to choke off a nation's fuel supply.
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
slang, (intr) 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
Other Word Forms
- chokeable adjective
- interchoke verb (used with object)
- unchokeable adjective
- unchoked adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of choke1
Word History and Origins
Origin of choke1
Example Sentences
She said he was in "constant" pain, his epilepsy had worsened, he was at risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, and he struggled to chew food, sometimes leading to choking.
Police declared a riot one night, and on another night made several arrests outside the facility, including one person accused of choking a police officer.
"Our skies are being choked by wildfire smoke we didn't start and can't control," wrote Calvin Callahan, a Republican state representative from Wisconsin, in a letter dated early August.
Kirsh uses the distraction to yank Morrow off balance and choke him out.
On Tuesday, Kimmel choked up as he told viewers it was "never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man".
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