Choke - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |tʃəʊk|  American pronunciation of the word choke
Brit.  |tʃəʊk|  British pronunciation of the word choke

noun

- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

verb

- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
- be too tight; rub or press (syn: fret, gag)
- wring the neck of (syn: scrag)
The man choked his opponent
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (syn: strangle)
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (syn: gag, strangle, suffocate)
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience
- check or slow down the action or effect of
She choked her anger
- become or cause to become obstructed (syn: back up, choke off, clog, congest, foul)
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (syn: asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate)
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (syn: suffocate)
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (syn: suffocate)
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (syn: conk, croak, decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, pass away, perish, pop off)
- reduce the air supply (syn: throttle)
choke a carburetor
- cause to retch or choke (syn: gag)

Extra examples

Chew your food well so you don't choke.

We were choking on fumes.

The thick smoke was choking me.

The flowers were choked by the weeds.

The man took the Emir by the throat and choked him.

Tears choked him.

He was choked with the thought.

Rows and rows of tables choked the room.

The room was choked (up) with furniture.

The well was choked (up) with leaves.

The cartridge is choked tightly into the groove of the socket.

He has a choke.

He choked on a piece of bread.

Six people choked to death on the fumes.

I felt as if there was a weight on my chest, choking me.

Phrasal verbs

choke down  — suppress
choke off  — suppress
choke up  — obstruct

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: choke
he/she/it: chokes
present participle: choking
past tense: choked
past participle: choked
noun
singular: choke
plural: chokes
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