'To choke off' definitions:
Definition of 'To choke off'
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- 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]
Words containing 'To choke off'
- Choke,
- Choked,
- Choking,
- choke down,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- Choke damp,
- Choke pear,
- Choke pondweed,
- Choking coil,
- automatic choke,
- choke back,
- choke coil,
- choke hold,
- Choke-full,
- Choke-strap,
- chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full