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choky

[choh-kee]
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adjective, chok·i·er, chok·i·est.

tending to choke: a choky collar.

Origin of choky

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

tight, heavy, confined, sweltering, stifling, stale, thick, breathless, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, sticky, stuffy, sultry, uncomfortable, airless, fusty, sweltry

Examples from the Web for choky

Historical Examples of choky

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

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    Irvin S. Cobb

  • 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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    Thomas A. Janvier

  • 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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    Rhoda Broughton

British Dictionary definitions for choky

choky

chokey

adjective chokier or chokiest

involving, caused by, or causing choking
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