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choken.1 Origin: Partly (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly (ii) a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: cheek n. Etymology: Probably partly (i) a variant of cheek n. (see note), and partly (ii) < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic kjálki , Norwegian regional kjelke , both in sense ‘jawbone’), cognate with Old High German kelah , kelh goitre (Middle High German kelch double chin, German regional (Hesse) kelch double chin, craw) < a suffixed form (compare -ock suffix) of the Germanic base of chel n.Middle English chooke, choke, respectively with long close ō and long open ō , may have developed from Old English cēoce and (in southern sources) cēace (see cheek n.), by stress shift (or resyllabification) within the diphthong. In choke-band n. at Compounds perhaps influenced by association with choke v. Compare also Scots regional (Orkney) †kyollks (plural) muzzle (of a plough) (1903), (Shetland) †kjolk, †kjolka jaw, only in phrases alluding to chattering (1909), directly < the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed above. Now chiefly Scottish. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jowls > [noun] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 239 Þey hadde boþe chookes [1482 Caxton the chekes, L. totam faciem] and boþe lippes i-schave. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 1816 Þei handeled boþe sore þer nekkes, chynnes, chokes [a1450 Lamb. chekes]. c1425 (c1400) l. 5271 (MED) He sette a strok vnder his choke, That he myght neuere afftir loke; For men myght se his tethe al white. a1450 in R. Morris (1871) 218 Goddis sone a mayden soke, Milk ran by þe childys choke. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 148 Wndir the chokkeis [? cholkeis] the grounden suerd gart glid By the gude mayle, bathe hals and his crag bayne In sondyr straik. 1808 J. Jamieson at Chokkeis He who has the king's evil, is vulgarly said to have ‘the cruells in his chouks’. 1827 W. Tennant 143 Their helmets hid their chouks. 1880 W. H. Patterson Chokes, the sides of the neck. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch 11/1 Chuck, the under part of the face; the throat. ‘I like a pig's chuck.’ 1930 Jan. 301 The minister is sure to be a-trimmle, White in the chouks, wi' he'rt as wee's a thim'le. 1988 R. Vettese 78 Wi a bulge in's Chouks like a haimster's baggit wi seed But fu in his case o yon sweets. 1996 C. I. Macafee 61/2 Choke, in plural the jowls, the flesh covering the lower jaw of a person or animal. 2000 S. Blackhall 2 Chooks sunken like the craters o the meen. Compounds 1506 in J. B. Paul (1901) III. 248 Item, for ij elne ribanes to the Kingis hors cholkband. 1808 J. Jamieson Chok-band, the small strip of leather by which a bridle is fastened around the jaws of a horse. 1904 8 July 696/1 Its ears were gripped by native attendants and a halter slipped over its nose and fastened over the throat with a choke band. 1978 A. Fenton xxxix. 321 A nose-band linked the front openings in the cheek-pieces, and a choke-band the rear openings under the animal's throat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). choken.2 Etymology: < choke v. See note on sense 5. 1. What chokes or impedes respiration: the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis 1562 W. Turner f. 144 It will heale ye diseases of the sciatica and ye squynansie or chokes. 1562 W. Turner f. 164 Good for the squinancie or choukes. 1884 4 Jan. 12/2 He had no food but gruel and brown ‘choke’. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation 1839 C. Dickens xii. 105 Miss Squeers..was..taken with one or two chokes and catchings of breath. 1870 A. C. Swinburne in May 552 Men born dumb who express by grunts and chokes the inexpressible eloquence which is not in them. the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > a check or rebuff > complete check or impasse 1674 N. Fairfax 57 As to a number beyond the numbers of Arithmetick, I..ask, Whether it will be even or odd? if it be either, we have the same choaks for it that we had before; and if it be neither, then 'tis no number. 1715 R. Wodrow (1843) II. 58 Some..who are and will in a choak be found as hearty for King George as any in Britain. 1729 R. Wodrow (1843) III. 428 Pray for the Assembly; they are coming to a choak. the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > parts of the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shooting equipment > [noun] > shot-gun or fowling-piece > type of 1786 B. Thompson in (Royal Soc.) 76 287 The tube or cylinder..was..perfectly cylindrical..without any choak. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Choke, the nip of a rocket. 1875 26 June 635/3 After firing upwards of 2,500 shots from each of the three guns to be tested, no falling off of any kind could be discovered, nor did the measurement by callipers vary even to the thousandth of an inch from the original diameter of the choke. 1877 in W. W. Greener 149 A modified choke can be made to give a fair spread at 20 yards, and yet shoot well up to 50 yards. 1884 F. F. R. Burgess 4 The sketches..show the ordinary choke and the tulip choke respectively. 1892 W. W. Greener 146 With a twelve bore gun, standard load distance and conditions, the ordinary full choke will make an average pattern of 215 pellets; The half-choke 185 pellets; The quarter-choke 160 pellets. 1895 Jan. 105 In 1800..the safety-bolt, the inside hammer, and (in principle, at all events) the choke, had been known for some years. 1959 VI. 664/1 The greater the degree of choke the more the concentration of the pellets in the shot-charge during flight. 5. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > stalk vegetables > artichokes > parts of 1736 N. Bailey 54 If many of them [leaves] be spread from the top, then the choke is shot so much, that much of the heart of the artichoke being drawn out, the bottom will be the thinner. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau vi. 69 The choke, which we take out of the middle, is an assemblage of florets which are beginning to be formed. 1888 21 June 5/8 We are stripping the artichoke very fast..we shall soon come I think to the choke. 1886 x Roses [bearing] hips, with hard red skins outside, and choke and roughness within. society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > modulation the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction coil > causing charge the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > amplitude > coil causing 1909 Suppl. Choke-coil. 1911 A. B. Smith xxv. 685 The choke coils being inserted in order to prevent the alternations from flowing back on the line circuit. 1913 331 The transformer secondaries..are protected..by air core chokes. 1915 A. E. Seelig tr. J. A. W. Zenneck 323 To block the path of the oscillations into the circuits of the auxiliary apparatus where a part of their energy would be wasted, by means of choke coils. 1915 A. E. Seelig tr. J. A. W. Zenneck 323 (note) Systems or methods of connection in which no choke coils are needed. 1923 J. C. Hawkhead & H. M. Dowsett (ed. 3) 156 A third method known as ‘anode’ or ‘choke’ control. 1923 J. C. Hawkhead & H. M. Dowsett (ed. 3) 184 The Choke Coils (Air Core). 1923 J. C. Hawkhead & H. M. Dowsett (ed. 3) 200 Air Core Choke. 1927 6 Mar. 25 Two stages of choke-capacity note magnification. 1928 9 July When chokes having a winding of thick wire are used the voltage lost is quite small. 1928 26 Nov. 11/3 R.W.C...was charged..with selling high frequency chokes, to which a false trade description..had been applied. 1941 14 396 Small transformers, chokes and loudspeakers..should be treated in the same manner as suggested for the mains transformer. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > petrol > carburettor > parts of society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > specific parts 1926 in 1 686/1 1932 28 Oct. 7 (advt.) Improved choke giving easier starting. 1955 10 May 7/6 It starts readily when cold (but not always so willingly when hot) and warms up quickly with but little use of the choke. 1959 3 June 604/1 The ‘choke’ control..was needed scarcely at all in warm spring weather. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chokev. Etymology: The early history is obscure, the word being comparatively rare. The Middle English variation choke and cheke , also found in achoke v., acheke , points back to an Old English *céocian , acéocian , of which the latter only is exemplified (Ælfric, Hom. I. 216). Possibly therefore choke is an aphetic form of achoke . No cognate verb appears elsewhere in Germanic: but connection with cheek n. is perhaps possible, at least if the latter had an Old Germanic type *keukôn-, since acéocian would also represent a stem *keuk-. (The meaning of céoc-ádl in Leechd. II. 310 is doubtful: ? cheek- or choke- illness.)Association between the two words is suggested by the Middle English double form of both, cheke , choke ; in modern Scots, chouk to choke, and chouks chops, fauces, external parts about the top of the throat (see choke n.1), are always associated in sense. The possibility of such a derivation is further illustrated by the verbs athroat v., throttle v., German erdrosseln , Latin jugulare , and by querken , given by the Promptorium as a synonym of choke : ‘chekyn or qwerchyn [v.r. querken] suffoco ; chekenyd or qwerkenyd (chowked or querkened) suffocatus , strangulatus .’ This querken to strangle or choke is a derivative of Old Norse kverk , Old High German querca , the angle below the chin, in plural throat, fauces, = Scots chouks . The normal Middle English representation of *céocian was cheke ; choke is explained by passage of Old English céo- into ceō- ; compare céosan , Middle English chose , choose v. The form Cheken in the Promptorium (see above), appears to be a derivative with -en suffix, like cheapen, threaten. I. proper. To stop the aperture of the throat so as to prevent breathing; to kill by so doing. the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke > by external compression of throat 1303 R. Mannyng 3192 Now shal he me strangle and cheke, Ne shal y neuer aftyr speke. c1440 Chekyn, or querchyn [Pynson, querken], suffoco. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel 29 Slaine or some say Choaked by his own men. 1602 ‘Philaretes’ (title) Work for Chimney-sweepers..or A warning for Tobacconists..Better be chokt with English hemp, then poisoned with Indian Tabacco. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer iii. 352 Choakt by the Latchet underneath his chin. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in I. iii. 447 The broider'd band That underbraced his helmet at the chin..Choak'd him. 1865 J. G. Holland ii. 77 Men clothed in black and choked with white cravates. 1866 C. Kingsley I. xiv. 270 Her old Paladin ancestor, who choked the Emir. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer I. iii. 99 The embroidered band that held The helmet..was choking him. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke c1200 181 [Adam] þar-offe bot, and wearð þar mide acheked.] c1380 J. Wyclif (1880) 104 Prelatis..ben so chokid wiþ talow of worldly goodis..abouten hem, þat þei may not preche þe gospel. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville (1495) v. xxxv. 147 Some parte of the mete fallyth in to..the pypes of the lounge, thenne the beest coughyth, and somtyme by myshappe is strangelyd and chekyd [Bodl. MS. c1450 ichoked]. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. ccxii. f. cxxxiiv As soone as he had receyued the brede, forthwith he was choked. 1526 Luke viii. f. lxxxviij The heerd..ran heedlynge into the lake, and wer choked [so Cranmer, Geneva, 1611 and 1881]. 1590 E. Spenser i. i. sig. A6 Welnigh choked with the deadly stinke. 1597 W. Shakespeare ii. i. 37 Eagre feeding foode doth choke the feeder. View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller v. vi. 380 Choked with the bones. 1642 D. Rogers 354 They say of the dampe in Colepits, that if it come.. the workemen haste them to the mouth of the pit presently, lest they be choaked. 1678 J. Bunyan 21 The dust began so abundantly to fly about, that Christian had almost therewith been choaked . View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in 270 B—ntl—y..half choaked with Spleen and Rage, withdrew. 1726 J. Swift I. ii. v. 96 I was almost choaked with the filthy stuff the Monkey had crammed down my Throat. 1775 S. Johnson 154 Macleod choked them with smoke, and left them lying dead by families as they stood. 1863 C. Dickens Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings i, in (Extra Christmas No.) 3 Dec. 6/1 That I..didn't force it down his throat—and choke him dead with it. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke > temporary 1680 T. Otway iv. 46 Grief..choaks and will not let me tell the cause. 1694 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in 51 The wheasing Swine With Coughs is choak'd. 1771 H. Mackenzie xiv He was choaked with the thought. 1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton 41 I felt choked with contending emotions. 1863 M. Oliphant II. xxi. 12 The words choked her as she uttered them. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. v. 87 But when to my good Lord, I proue vntrue, Ile choake my selfe. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne (1633) sig. D4v And labour to choake himselfe. the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb (intransitive)] > by suffocation the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > choke ?a1400 tr. 429 The fend..choked on the godhede as fisch dos on the hoke. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil iv. 67 Amyd oft her parlye she chocketh. 1694 R. L'Estrange (ed. 6) ccccxliv. 482 Men are ready to Choak for want of Drink. 1804 J. Abernethy 195 He [the patient] really seemed choking. 1878 R. Browning 47 I must say—or choke in silence. 6. the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence > by choking 1590 E. Spenser i. iii. sig. C2v Redounding teares did choke th'end of her plaint. 1594 W. Shakespeare (new ed.) sig. Cv Impatience chokes her pleading tongue. 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook xii, in (new ed.) 59 Sin' I began to nick the thread, An' choke the breath. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton II. vi. ii. 313 A laugh..came choked and muffled through his vizard. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. iv. 501 Till the waves choked her voice. 1866 A. Trollope II. vii. 185 Concealing the sobs which choked her utterance. 1887 4 June 758/1 Passion which almost chokes his utterance. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 103 Our bodies..Leauing their earthly parts to choke your clyme. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 16 Fearefull scouring Doth choake the ayre with dust. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 132 With sprinkl'd Water first the City choak . View more context for this quotation 1866 C. Kingsley I. Prel. 18 The air choked with foul brown fog. II. To produce similar effects upon vegetable life, fire, emotion, action, or the free play of anything; to smother, stifle. the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > hinder growth of other plants [verb (transitive)] > strangle or choke the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation > a plant 1526 Matt. xiii. 7 Some fell amonge thornes, and the thornes spronge vp and chooked it [ Wyclif strangliden]. 1581 R. Mulcaster xxxvii. 147 Be there not as good wittes in wealth, though oftimes choked with dissolutenes and negligence. 1652 N. Culpeper 61 It rampeth upon, and is ready to choak whatever grows near it. 1658 R. Baxter viii. 57 Being over-topt and choaken with predominant enemies in the other [ground]. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil 54 Spreading Succ'ry choaks the rising Field. View more context for this quotation 1870 J. H. Burton VI. lxvi. 318 To choke the progress of true knowledge with formalities. 1874 S. Cox v. 108 Field choked with briars. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] > choke or smother (a fire) 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano sig. T iiij The fier, without fannynge of the aier, is schoked and quenched. 1646 Sir T. Browne i. iii. 9 The irrationall and brutall part..choakes those tender sparkes..of reason. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray 174 If any [rays] be..reflected, they are soon choaked in the black inside of the Uvea. 1859 C. Kingsley (1860) I. 369 The vestal-fire of conscience..choked again and again with bitter ashes and foul smoke. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 272 All pitty choak'd with custome of fell deeds. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden 43 Not capable to choak a strong belief. 1869 E. A. Freeman III. xii. 168 In whose heart many an old enmity must have been choked, before, etc. 10. the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding > with restrictions, etc. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius ii. v. 47 Yif þou wilt achoken þe fulfillyng of nature wiþ superfluites.] a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. ii. 9 As two spent Swimmers, that doe cling together, And choake their Art. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon §502 Else you will choake the Spreading of the Fruit. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing other instruments > play other instruments [verb (transitive)] > damp cymbals 1927 June 609/3 The best way to produce this effect is to use the same hand..to play the snare drum and choke the cymbal. 1928 Feb. 203/3 All beats shown to be played on the loose cymbal must be damped out or choked, that is to say, not allowed to ‘ring on’ for longer than the value of the note as written. 1964 B. Zildjian in Norton & Spacey 87 Splash Cymbals. (Also called ‘Choke’ Cymbals.) Small cymbals 7 to 11 inches in diameter. They are usually thin in weight and are used for fast cymbal crash work, and are very often choked off fast. the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] > silence or prevent from speaking 1533 J. Frith sig. D8 Thus doth S. Ambrose choke our sophisters. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in 774 He will choake the Bishop and vs all with the last question. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 372 What, haue I choakt you with an Argosie? View more context for this quotation 1632 (1886) 318 It may be some promise to choake you with a Benefice. 1651 Bp. J. Hall 78 Let no man think to choke me with the objection. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > be crushed or stifled a1593 C. Marlowe (1633) ii. ii Rather let..nature's beauty choke with stifling clouds. III. To stop, obstruct, any channel or receptacle; block up, fill up. 13. To close or greatly narrow (a tube, etc.), the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict 1635 J. Babington iii. 4 (heading) How you shall choak a rocket..A small cord will not choak a great rocket for want of strength. 1669 S. Sturmy ii. v. xiii. §11 Fill two Inches more with Pistol-Powder, then choak the end up..put in a little of the mixture. 1740 G. Smith tr. (rev. ed.) App. p. xliv After this choak the rocket at top. 1786 B. Thompson in (Royal Soc.) 76 279 Having first choaked the cylinder..by heating it, and crowding its sides inwards towards its axis. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up 1669 R. Boyle (1682) i. 38 The cement wherewith we choak'd the upper part of the neck of the Bottle. 1871 B. Stewart (ed. 2) 27 The bore is nearly choked..by means of a bit of enamel or glass. 14. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > said of the obstruction 1622 M. Drayton xxviii. 141 A sullen Brooke..Whose Channell quite was chok'd with those that there did fall. 1669 S. Sturmy ii. v. §3 Be sure your Barrels have great Touchholes, that the rust through time may not choak them. 1770 O. Goldsmith 42 Thy glassy brook..chok'd with sedges works its weedy way. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. 639 All the northern avenues of the capital were choked by trains of cars. 1860 in 7 247 The pumps were choked. 1860 J. Tyndall ii. §27. 384 Broken ice and débris..choking the fissures. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > become closed or shut [verb (intransitive)] > make a closure or obstruction > be or become stopped up 1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad xxi, in 291 My sweet streames, choake with mortalitie Of men, slaine by thee. 1834 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why in vi Tho' every channel of the State Should almost choke with golden sand. the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to capacity 1712 J. Addison No. 507. ¶2 Party-lying..is so very predominant among us at present, that a Man is thought of no Principles, who does not propagate a certain System of Lies. The Coffee-Houses are supported by them, the Press is choaked with them, eminent Authors live upon them. 1744 G. Berkeley (ESTC T72826) §16 The trees..unable to perspire..are..choked and stuffed with their own juice. a1805 A. Carlyle (1860) iii. 131 We first attempted Belton Inn, but it was choked full by that time. 1877 A. B. Edwards x. 283 The interior was choked with rubbish. 1879 J. A. Froude xi. 128 Rome was becoming choked with impoverished citizens. 1884 18 Jan. 2/1 Infamous placards choked with appeals to the memory of civil strife and religious hatreds. the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > by blocking or wedging 1712 W. Rogers App. 30 Such quantities of Weeds, as will choke and bury both Cable and Anchor. 1765 A. Dickson (ed. 2) i. xv. 125 The whins in rising, are very apt to entangle or chock the beam [of the plough]. 1779 Capt. Luttrell in 10 458 The..rudder was choaked by a shot. 1794 D. Steel I. 164 Choaking the Luff, placing the bight of the leading part, or fall of a tackle, close up between the nest part and jaw of the block. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Choked, when a running rope sticks in a block, either by slipping between the cheeks and the shiver, or any other accident, so that it cannot run. the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > cram or stuff in 1747 W. Hooson sig. Divb Made by Choaking in long stones between the two Sides. 1853 E. K. Kane xlix. 460 The floes were choaked in around us, so as to prevent the possibility of warping from our position. 1859 F. A. Griffiths (1862) 191 The cartridge is choked tightly into the groove of the socket. 1859 F. A. Griffiths (1862) 191 Made up with Boxer's lubricators choked in them. Phrasal verbs In combination with adverbs. to choke back, down, †in, out the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) 1690 J. Dryden iii. i. 56 Choak in that threat. 1848 C. Pickering 23 The Chinooks..seemed to choke out their words. 1856 E. K. Kane I. viii. 85 The deck blazed..but..I choked it down till water could be passed from above. 1866 W. C. Bryant iii Choked down, unuttered, the rebellious thought. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward III. vi. xliii. 267 A passionate flood of self-reproachful love was on his lips. He choked it back. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward III. vii. xlvi. 322 Choking down a sob. the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] 1844 ‘J. Slick’ I. 29 I wanted to tell Captain Doolittle about it. But, sez I to myself, I'll choke in to-day. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ I. 259 She owed for her board, and so choked in. the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (transitive)] > discourage > forcibly 1818 33 72 The Duke's seven mouths..made the Whig party choak off Sheridan. 1848 21 Feb. In the House..of..Representatives. The operation of ‘choking off’ a speaker was very funny, and reminded me of the lawless conduct of fighting school-boys. 1858 R. S. Surtees xix. 65 The Major..was..not easily choked off when he wanted anything. 1880 J. McCarthy III. xlv. 358 It was determined to..choke off the patriotic movement. 1914 R. Kipling (1917) 343 You ask 'im to read it. That'll choke 'im off, because 'e can't! a1916 ‘Saki’ Seven Cream Jugs in (1919) 227 We always choked him off from coming to see us. 1921 G. B. Shaw ii. 40 It's quite easy to be a decent parson. It's the Church that chokes me off. 1955 M. Gilbert viii. 110 There's a broad distinction between being dispirited and being choked off. I refuse to be choked off. the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence > by choking 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus i. vi. 92 Winding the tayle of an oxe aboute their throte [they] choke vp and die. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1593) iii. sig. Gg3v Her words were choakt vp. 1752 E. Young iii. i The thought quite choaks me up. the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] > completely or out of sight 1539 Matt. xiii. 22 The care of this worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of riches, choke vp the worde. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 45 Her fairest flowers choakt vp. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger 34 Loading and choaking him up with Blankets. the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close by obstruction or block up > block the way or a passage 1673 J. Ray 378 The Haven is almost choaked up. 1780 W. Coxe 306 The Western mouths of the Lena were so choaked up with ice. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ 169 To open the course of a little river..that had been chocked up with sand. 1855 T. B. Macaulay IV. xx. 408 Multitudes of fugitives were choking up the bridges. the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to capacity 1871 R. H. Hutton (1877) I. 85 Take the words ‘Absolute’ and ‘Infinite’ to mean that He to whom they are applicable chokes up the universe, mental and physical. 1907 C. E. Mulford ix. 105 ‘Why, about eight years ago I had business—’ ‘Choke up,’ interposed Red. Draft additions December 2019the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > masturbate [verb (intransitive)] 1975 L. Dills 21 Choking the Chicken, masturbation. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees i. 3 I choked the chicken under the duvet. 2003 ‘DBC Pierre’ v. 46 You ain't choking your chicken all day and night, are ya? 2019 @AdmJTKirk 9 June in twitter.com (accessed 13 June 2019) You obviously never by accident have walked into the bathroom to the visage of an older brother choking the Chicken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : choke-comb. form < |
