释义 |
[ chohks ] / tʃoʊks /
noun Informal.a manifestation of caisson disease that is characterized by dyspnea, coughing, and choking. Origin of chokessee origin at choke, -s3 Words nearby chokeschokehold, choke off, chokepoint, choker, choker-setter, chokes, choke up, chokey, choking, choko, choky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chokesIts insidious reach enters into medical offices and chokes off the free-speech rights of the people trying to work there. Pediatricians Have the Right to Ask About Guns|Russell Saunders|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST She reluctantly gulps it down, chokes, and allows little rivers of green juice to dribble from the corner of her mouth. Is This Dildo-Licking, Dominatrix-Loving Vogue Blogger the New Face of Feminism?|Lizzie Crocker|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Exhausted from the chronic pain that pulsates through her body day and night, she chokes up on the phone. New Jersey Patients in Pain Over Scarcity of Medical Marijuana|Abby Haglage|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST After further agitation, Innis chokes Metzger and mayhem ensues. 10 Live TV Brawls (VIDEO)|Christy Khoshaba|July 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Walt actually takes the bike lock and chokes Krazy-8 (Maximinio Arciniega) with it. Bryan Cranston Picks 13 Favorite ‘Breaking Bad’ Moments|Bryan Cranston|July 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST One division detaches itself eastward, and chokes up the Baltic sound. Ugh, this filthy tobacco; it chokes me, and I can scarcely see across the hall. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 28th 1893|Various At this lib'ral'ty the Red Dog chief squeezes Enright's hand a heap fraternal, an' chokes with emotion. Faro Nell and Her Friends|Alfred Henry Lewis "Somehow it chokes me all up," declared old Uncle Randolph, and blew his nose vigorously. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck|Edward Stratemeyer What science does is to destroy that fabric of Aberglaube or superstition which chokes and asphyxiates the best parts of religion. War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones.
Words related to chokesclog, congest, drown, suffocate, kill, gag, gasp, strangle, stifle, fill, obstruct, close, check, overpower, suppress, noose, occlude, asphyxiate, dam, stop Medical definitions for chokes
n.A manifestation of caisson disease or altitude sickness characterized by dyspnea, coughing, and choking. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |