'Choke' definitions:

Definition of 'choke'

(from WordNet)
noun
A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current [syn: choke, choke coil, choking coil]
noun
A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
verb
Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
verb
Be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: choke, gag, fret]
verb
Wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: choke, scrag]
verb
Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: choke, strangle]
verb
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate]
verb
Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
verb
Check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
verb
Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog]
verb
Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke]
verb
Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [syn: suffocate, choke]
verb
Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [syn: suffocate, choke]
verb
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]
verb
Reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke, throttle]
verb
Cause to retch or choke [syn: gag, choke]

Definition of 'Choke'

From: GCIDE
  • Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
  • 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. [1913 Webster]
  • With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. [1913 Webster]
  • Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. [1913 Webster]
  • To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Choke'

From: GCIDE
  • Choke \Choke\, v. i.
  • 1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. [1913 Webster]
  • The words choked in his throat. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Choke'

From: GCIDE
  • Choke \Choke\, n.
  • 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'choke'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Choke'