Choke
WordNet
noun
(1) A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
(2) A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
verb
(3) Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
(4) Cause to retch or choke
(5) Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
"He swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
(6) Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(7) Reduce the air supply
"Choke a carburetor"
(8) Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"
"They children perished in the fire"
"The patient went peacefully"
"The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
(9) Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
"His job suffocated him"
(10) Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
(11) Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
(12) Become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"
"The water pipe is backed up"
(13) Be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
(14) Wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent"
(15) Check or slow down the action or effect of
"She choked her anger"
(16) Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- : To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way
- : To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
- : To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- : Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
Noun
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- : In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- 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.