choke1 verbchoke2 noun
chokechoke1 /tʃəʊk $ tʃoʊk/ ●●○ verb 
WORD ORIGINchoke1
Origin:
1300-1400 achoke ‘to choke’ (11-14 centuries), from Old English aceocianVERB TABLE
choke
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | choke |
| he, she, it | chokes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | choked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have choked |
| he, she, it | has choked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had choked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will choke |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have choked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am choking |
| he, she, it | is choking | |
| you, we, they | are choking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was choking |
| you, we, they | were choking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been choking |
| he, she, it | has been choking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been choking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be choking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been choking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "I guess we choked," said Coach Landers after his team's last minute defeat.
- At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.
- Do something -- he's choking!
- Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.
- Growth of the reed can choke out native water plants.
- He began to sob, and choked out, "I have to go now."
- He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.
- I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.
- Small parts on the toys could break off and choke young children.
- The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.
- The roads were choked with traffic.
- He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.
- He beamed again as Ali, practically choking on his own saliva, fell forward into a group of pupils.
- She cried out, then the cry caught and choked in her throat.
- Some investors assert that the lack of a spending accord, for now, will buoy bonds by choking off economic growth.
- The father told police he shook his daughter because she was choking.
- The Feldwebel was choking with laughter.
- The teacher told her the baby had been choking, would not take a bottle and had thrown up four times.
Longman Language Activatorto be unable to breathe
· It's so hot in here! I can't breathe!· The worst thing about asthma is feeling that you can't breathe.
to be unable to breathe because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: · Do something -- he's choking!· At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.choke on: · The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.
to die because you are unable to breathe because you cannot get any air: · Many of the birds had suffocated in their boxes.· It was very hot inside the car, and I felt as though I was suffocating.
to make it impossible for someone to breathe if a person or smoke, gas etc chokes someone, they make it very difficult or impossible for them to breathe: · Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.· I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.choke somebody to death: · He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.
to kill someone by preventing them from getting any air: · They pushed a plastic bag over his head and almost suffocated him.· They found her half-suffocated from the poisonous gases given off by the burning furniture.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Six people choked to death on the fumes. He choked back tears as he described what had happened.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Six people choked to death on the fumes. He choked back tears as he described what had happened. (=feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally)· Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.
(=a feeling that you cannot breathe)· A choking sensation filled my throat.
(=try not to cry)· She fought back tears yesterday as she re-lived the horrors she had seen.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Harry felt stiflingly hot, choking almost, as he loosened his collar.· He was fuming about it when Yolanda hopped into his car, the sickly sweet stink of her perfume almost choking him.· Sally-Anne was almost choking between rage and fear.· I said, almost choking from pride.· Her fear was almost choking her, making it difficult to breathe.· But she was almost choking with emotion.· She almost choked on the stench of damp grain blowing up the hill.· He had swallowed the worst of his gall, although with a gulp that almost choked him.
· Lucy nearly choked on the stuff, but kept it down.· I nearly choked on the bread; my neck and throat seemed to be ringed by a cruel vice.· It was like that time the fish bone had stuck sideways at Grandma Clegg's and he'd nearly choked.· I am nearly choked, and temporarily deafened.· I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once.· Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.· We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls.
NOUN· Left alone, the place would rapidly choke itself to death, it seemed.· I think I am going to choke to death right here.· In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death.· He choked to death on meat in a cafe in Ray some years ago..· The coroner concluded he had choked to death when he tried to climb out of his cot.· She slowly choked to death, a combination of tuberculosis and laryngitis-two of the diseases that infect Aids patients.· I thought I was going to choke to death.· Both McLean and Burgess have denied that they forced soil and debris into the victim's mouth, choking her to death.
· There were tears, night-long, choked, whimpering tears, and the first tantrum.
· Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?· Another tentacle shot out like a whip and coiled around his throat, choking him.· Nausea rose in her throat, threatening to choke her, when she saw the bloodied arrow clutched in her hand.
· She choked on the words, seeming on the verge of tears.
VERB· Christopher Ray began to choke and turn blue after the candy-coated ball lodged in his voice box.· After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke.· The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe.· I tried to tell her this, but she began choking me.· As she began to choke she kicked and struggled for breath before tumbling down into nowhere.· I saw her sob and begin to choke.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► choke something ↔ up► choke somebody up
1[intransitive] to be unable to breathe properly because something is in your throat or there is not enough airchoke on- I have enough kitchen gadgets to choke a horse.
He choked on a piece of bread. Six people choked to death on the fumes.2[transitive] if something chokes you, it makes you unable to breathe properly: I felt as if there was a weight on my chest, choking me. The smoke was choking me.3[transitive] to prevent someone from breathing by putting your hands around their throat and pressing on it: His hands were round her throat, choking her.4[intransitive, transitive] to be unable to talk clearly because you are feeling a strong emotionchoke with He was choking with rage. I was too choked with emotion to speak. Her voice was choked with rage.5[transitive] (also choke something ↔ out) to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry: ‘Get out,’ she choked.6[transitive] (also choke something ↔ up) to fill a place so that things cannot move through it: Weeds were choking the stream.be choked (up) with something The gutters were choked up with leaves.7[intransitive] informal to fail at doing something, especially a sport, because there is a lot of pressure on you: People said I choked, but I just had a bad day on the golf course.8[transitive] if one plant chokes another, it kills it by growing all around it and taking away its light and room to grow: Weeds can quickly choke delicate garden plants.9choke a horse American English spoken if you say that something is big enough to choke a horse, you are emphasizing that it is very big: a wad of bills big enough to choke a horsechoke something ↔ back phrasal verb to control your anger, sadness etc so that you do not show it: He choked back tears as he described what had happened. She choked back a sob. I choked back my anger.choke off something phrasal verb to prevent something from happening: It is feared that higher interest rates might choke off economic recovery.choke something ↔ out phrasal verb to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry: His heart hammered as he choked out the words. ‘No!’ she choked out.choke up phrasal verb1choke something ↔ up to fill a place so that things cannot move through itbe choked up with something The stream was choked up with weeds.2 choke somebody up to make someone feel very upset and unable to talk: This song really chokes me up. I was really choked up when I saw her again.choke1 verbchoke2 noun
chokechoke2 noun [countable] 1a piece of equipment in a vehicle that controls the amount of air going into the engine, and that is used to help the engine start2the sound that someone makes when they cannot breathe properly because something is in their throat or there is not enough air: She gave a little choke of laughter.