choke¹ /chōk/

1. To stop or interfere with the breathing of (whether by compression, blocking, fumes, emotion, or otherwise)
2. To injure or suppress by obstruction, overshadowing, or deprivation of air, etc
3. To constrict
4. To block
5. To clog
6. To obstruct

1. To be choked
2. To die (slang)
3. To lose one's nerve when facing an important challenge

1. A complete or partial stoppage of breath
2. The sound of choking
3. A constriction
4. A valve in a carburettor which reduces the air supply and thus enriches the petrol/air mixture
5. A choking coil

choked adjective (informal)

1. Angry
2. Disappointed
3. Upset

chōkˈer noun

1. Something or someone that chokes
2. Formerly, a large neck-cloth
3. A very high collar, esp as worn by the clergy
4. A close-fitting necklace or jewelled collar

chokey or choky noun see separate entry choky¹

chōkˈy adjective

Tending to, or inclined to, choke

chokeˈberry noun

A small astringent fruit of various N American shrubs related to the apple

chokeˈbore noun

1. A gun-bore narrowed at the muzzle
2. A shotgun so bored

choke chain noun

A collar and lead for a dog consisting of a looped chain which tightens around the dog's neck when it pulls on the lead

chokeˈcherry noun

An astringent American cherry

chokeˈcoil noun

A choking coil

chokeˈdamp noun

Carbon dioxide or other suffocating gas in mines

choke-full see chock-full under chock

choke'hold noun

A method of restraining someone by holding one's arm across his or her throat (also figurative)

choke line see kill line under kill¹

chokeˈ-pear noun

1. An astringent pear
2. Anything that reduces one to silence

choking coil noun

A coil of thick wire of high impedance, used to limit the flow of alternating electric current

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