choke (iou) and woodpecker (iou)

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.

woodpecker (iou)

woodpecker noun. Also woodpeck. M16.
[from WOOD noun1 + PECKER.]
Any of numerous perching and climbing birds of the subfamily Picinae (family Picidae), which are characterized by the habit of tapping or pecking holes in the trunks and branches of trees in search of invertebrate prey, typically have variegated or strongly marked plumage, and are found in most continents. Freq. with specifying word. M16.
green woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, ladder-back woodpecker, pied woodpecker, spotted woodpecker, three-toed woodpecker, etc.
A machine-gun. US & Austral. Military slang. L19.

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