Sekirov Dictionary

choke

UK /t͡ʃəʊk/US /t͡ʃoʊk/

verb 15
noun 7
forms 5
phrases 8

verb15

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to struggle for breath because food or something else is stuck in the throat
- Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
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To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
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(informal) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
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To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- […] the words choked in his throat. — 1819
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To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- A hundred times fain he would have spoke, but still his rising Passion choak’d his Words — 1684
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To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- Grobstock began to choke with chagrin. — 1894
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To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- I shall run distracted. My rage choaks me. — 1773
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To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
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To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- Now ’tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; Suffer them now, and they’ll o’ergrow the garden And choke the herbs for want of husbandry. — 1591
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To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- ‘There is the padre!’ Kim choked as bare-headed Father Victor sailed down upon them from the veranda. — 1901
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To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- A brief tryout will demonstrate that the modified grip does indeed make it difficult to “choke” the pencil or apply excessive pressure to the paper. — 1973
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To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- Take a grip with your right hand, slightly choked down from your normal grip. — 2014
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To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- The engine caught, spluttered, and roared as Tom choked the car delicately. — 1939
To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).

noun7

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
A choking coil.

forms

choked · choking · chokes · choketh · chokest

Phrases with choke

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