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choky

[choh-kee]
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adjective, chok·i·er, chok·i·est.
  1. tending to choke: a choky collar.
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Origin of choky

First recorded in 1570–80; choke + -y1
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Related Words

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Examples from the Web for choky

Historical Examples

  • Already the air of the crowded chamber was choky with heat and rancid with smell.

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  • Presently he slept, too, with the choky snores of a very weary man.

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  • Then he said, sort of choky: “Tell me, Mary, how are our dear little girls?”

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  • The air is the pure air of heaven, not the choky stuff of the metropolis.

  • Barbara has a cold—a nasty, stuffy, choky cold; so I must do without her.

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British Dictionary definitions for choky

choky

chokey

adjective chokier or chokiest
  1. involving, caused by, or causing choking
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