See Also: choke(2)(dictionary)
choke(medicine)
choke(1)(dictionary)
choke(dictionary)
choke 2, noun(dictionary)
choke 1, verb(dictionary)
choke chain(dictionary)
thoracic choke(medicine)
Choke-Up - Baseball(gambling)
Choke - Motor Sports(gambling)

choke (iou)



choke verb. Also choak. ME.

I. verb trans.
Stop the breath of; suffocate, temporarily or finally, by squeezing the throat, blocking it up, or (of water, smoke, etc.) being unbreathable; (of emotion etc.) render speechless. ME.
Smother, kill (a plant, fire, etc.) by deprivation of light, air, etc.; stop the vibration of (a cymbal); fig. suppress (feelings, aspirations, etc.). LME
b. Silence (an opponent) by an argument. M16-M17.
Block up (or up) wholly or partly; constrict (a tube) by narrowing part of it; obstruct (a channel) with sand, debris, etc. E17.
Fill chock-full (lit. & fig.). E18.
Stop (a machine or its action) by clogging or jamming; chock. E18.
Fit tightly in, ram in. M18.
Close the choke of (an internal-combustion engine, a vehicle). M20.
II. verb intrans.
Suffer a temporary or permanent stoppage of breath; become speechless through emotion etc. LME.
Undergo smothering, suppression, blockage, or obstruction. L16.
With adverbs in specialized senses: choke back conceal (emotion etc.) with difficulty. choke down swallow (food) with difficulty; restrain oneself with an effort from uttering (words etc.). choke off colloq. stop (a person, an attempt, etc.), esp. forcibly; dissuade, discourage, rebuke.
Comb.: choke-berry (the red, black, or purple astringent fruit of) a N. American shrub of the genus Aronia, of the rose family; choke-cherry (the astringent cherry of) a N. American tree, Prunus virginiana; choke-coil = CHOKE noun2 6; choke-cymbal: equipped or able to be rapidly damped; choke-damp asphyxiating gas, largely carbon dioxide, accumulated in a mine, well, etc.; choke-pear (now rare or obsolete) a hard or unpalatable pear; fig. something hard to accept, a difficulty; choke-weed a weed which chokes other plants, esp. (formerly) broomrape; choking coil = CHOKE noun2 6.
chokingly adverb in a choking manner, so as to choke E17.