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choke meaning and definition
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Definition of choke (noun)
- a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- synonyms: choke coil, choking coil
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
CHOKE verb
Definition of choke (verb)
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
- "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
- be too tight; rub or press
- wring the neck of
- "The man choked his opponent"
- synonyms: scrag
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- synonyms: strangle
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
- "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
- check or slow down the action or effect of
- "She choked her anger"
- become or cause to become obstructed
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- synonyms: suffocate
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- "His job suffocated him"
- synonyms: suffocate
- 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"
- synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
- antonym: be born
- reduce the air supply
- "choke a carburetor"
- synonyms: throttle
- cause to retch or choke
- synonyms: gag
Source: Princeton University Wordnet