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choke
[ chohk ]
verb (used with object)
- to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling:
The sudden wind choked his words.
- to stop by filling; obstruct; clog:
Grease choked the drain.
- to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often followed by back or down ):
I managed to choke back my tears.
- to fill chock-full:
The storeroom was choked with furniture.
- to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal.
- to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.
- Sports. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often followed by up ).
verb (used without object)
- to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating:
He choked on a piece of food.
- to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped:
The words choked in her throat.
noun
- the act or sound of choking.
- a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped.
- Machinery. any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc.
- Electricity. choke coil.
- a narrowed part, as in a chokebore.
- the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke.
verb phrase
- to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress:
She choked up over the sadness of the tale.
- to become too tense or nervous to perform well:
Our team began to choke up in the last inning.
- to stop or obstruct by or as by choking:
to choke off a nation's fuel supply.
choke
/ tʃəʊk /
verb
- tr to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation
- intr to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking
- tr to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)
- tr to retard the growth or action of
the weeds are choking my plants
- tr to suppress (emotion)
she choked her anger
- slang.intr to die
- tr to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)
- intr (esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well
noun
- the act or sound of choking
- a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
- any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc
- Also calledchoke coil electronics an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier
- the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke
Derived Forms
- ˈchokeable, adjective
Other Words From
- chokea·ble adjective
- inter·choke verb (used with object) interchoked interchoking
- un·chokea·ble adjective
- un·choked adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of choke1
Word History and Origins
Origin of choke1
Example Sentences
Reed said: "Windermere is a stunningly beautiful national treasure but it's being choked by unacceptable levels of sewage pollution."
The coca farmers, along with miners and other allies, shut down La Paz, erecting roadblocks on all major highways and byways in and out of the capital and choking the economy.
A man fatally shot his older brother after witnessing him choke their 80-year-old mother in her home in Beverly Grove, police say.
Army Corps of Engineers only about to begin clearing hundreds of destroyed homes along the highway, the crucial coastal route seems likely to remain as a choke point for months and possibly years.
Holding that seemingly auspicious prize, she choked up trying to find the words she wanted to say to teenage Moore, “that little girl who didn’t believe in herself.”
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