chokingn.
/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ 1. The action of choke v.; obstruction of the breath; blocking up of a passage, constriction of a tube; suffocation, smothering.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > strangulation
stranglec1386
strangling1398
chokingc1440
worrying1483
strangulation1542
throttling1599
wringing1843
mug1862
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation
chokingc1440
prefocation1684
stifling1711
gulping1733
frost-bitten asphyxy1822
stifle1823
choke1839
chokiness1844
gulp1873
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > compression or constriction
compressing1398
compressionc1400
constrictionc1400
spanning1527
coarctation1540
restriction1580
choking1635
coarction1782
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation
smoringc1440
suffocating1621
stifling1711
choking1803
smotheration1826
overlying1891
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > stopping or blocking up
forbarringc1449
stopping1487
stoppage1540
obturation1583
obstipation1612
interclusion1623
occlusion1645
stopping up1671
blocking1706
clogging1846
choking1863
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 72 Chekenynge [1499 Pynson Chowkinge] suffocacio.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 374 [Godwin] execrated vpon himselfe a choaking.
1635 J. Babington Pyrotechnia iii. 4 A great cord will not serve for a small [rocket], in regard that it will make too great a choaking.
1635 J. Babington Pyrotechnia iii. 8 Betweene the choaking of your Rocket and the end of the vent.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 215 Alarming sensations of suffocation or choaking.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 24 The choking of the narrow inlets with mules and carts.
2. choking coil n. a coil of high inductance inserted in an alternating-current circuit to impede and cut down the current or to change its phase. Called also impedance or reactance coil.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction coil > causing charge
choking coil1893
choker1902
choke-coil1909
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > alternating current > [noun] > amplitude > coil causing
choking coil1893
choker1902
choke-coil1909
1893 R. M. Walmsley Wormell's Electr. in Service of Man 644 An extremely pretty device known as a ‘choking’ coil.
1902 W. G. Rhodes Alternating Currents 83 Impedance coils, or choking coils, as they are often called, are simply coils having low ohmic resistance and high self-induction.
1962 S. Handel Dict. Electronics 52 Choke (Choking coil), an inductor designed to present a relatively high impedance to alternating current.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
chokingadj.
1. That chokes; that stops respiration; that produces a feeling of choking; also figurative. choking apple n. = choke-apple n. at choke- comb. form 1b. choking pear n. = choke-pear n. choking pie n. (see quot. 1611).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > severe > instance of
choking pear1546
choke-pear1573
a flea in one's ear1577
rattle1652
juniper letter1655
juniper lecture1706
siserary1771
wig1789
a word of a sort1796
rowing1812
wigging1813
sloan1823
scorcher1842
rubdowna1846
tickler1846
slating1881
bawl-out1926
earful1929
caning1933
a kick in the pants1933
rollicking1938
rocket1941
bollocking1946
butt-kicking1970
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii To cast in my teeth, Checks and chokyng oysters.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 191 A choking gall. View more context for this quotation
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chaumoufflet, Bumbast put into a cornet of paper, then kindled, and the smoke thereof put into the nosethrils of a sleeper; we call it, a choaking pie, or cold pie.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood v. i. 48 Kept a choaking Peare in store for him.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 619 Out of the choking cloud of dust.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iii. xxi. 184 Helpless children died in choking torture [of diphtheria].
2. Smothering, strangling.
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the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [adjective] > choking or hindering growth
strangling1606
choking1746
choky1857
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > a plant
choking1746
1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. 145 Like some choaking weed.
3. Drawing together; tightly closing.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > tightly
choking1859
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 191 The putting in of the braid and choking string.
4. Showing a tendency to choke as with emotion.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adjective] > choking or breathless
breathless1768
choking1837
choky1857
1837 B. Disraeli Venetia I. 237 Her tone was severe and choking.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. ix. iv. 312 Said Flora, speaking in a choaking voice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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