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Definition of Choke
1. Noun. A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.
Exact synonyms: Choke Coil, Choking Coil
Group relationships: Circuit, Electric Circuit, Electrical Circuit
Generic synonyms: Coil
Group relationships: Circuit, Electric Circuit, Electrical Circuit
Generic synonyms: Coil
2. Verb. Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion. "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
3. Noun. A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine.
4. Verb. Be too tight; rub or press. "This neckband is choking the cat"
Exact synonyms: Fret, Gag
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choker, Choker
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choker, Choker
5. Verb. Wring the neck of. "The man choked his opponent"
Exact synonyms: Scrag
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choker, Choking, Scrag, Scrag
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choker, Choking, Scrag, Scrag
6. Verb. Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
Exact synonyms: Strangle
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choking, Strangulation
Generic synonyms: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Derivative terms: Choking, Strangulation
7. Verb. Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake. "He swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
Exact synonyms: Gag, Strangle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Hurt, Suffer
Derivative terms: Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
Generic synonyms: Hurt, Suffer
Derivative terms: Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
8. Verb. Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation. "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
9. Verb. Check or slow down the action or effect of. "She choked her anger"
10. Verb. Become or cause to become obstructed. "The water pipe is backed up"
Exact synonyms: Back Up, Choke Off, Clog, Clog Up, Congest, Foul
Specialized synonyms: Gum Up, Crap Up, Block, Choke Up, Lug, Stuff, Silt, Silt Up
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Backup, Clog, Congestion, Congestive
Antonyms: Unclog
Specialized synonyms: Gum Up, Crap Up, Block, Choke Up, Lug, Stuff, Silt, Silt Up
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Backup, Clog, Congestion, Congestive
Antonyms: Unclog
11. Verb. Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of. "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Exact synonyms: Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Asphyxia, Asphyxiation, Choking, Suffocation, Suffocative
12. Verb. Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled. "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
13. Verb. Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of. "His job suffocated him"
14. Verb. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
Exact 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
Specialized synonyms: Abort, Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate, Buy It, Pip Out, Drown, Predecease, Famish, Starve, Fall, Succumb, Yield
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Related verbs: Break, Break Down, Conk Out, Die, Fail, Give Out, Give Way, Go, Go Bad, Die
Derivative terms: Decease, Decedent, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Exit, Expiration, Going, Passing
Antonyms: Be Born
Also: Die Down, Die Down, Die Off, Die Out
Specialized synonyms: Abort, Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate, Buy It, Pip Out, Drown, Predecease, Famish, Starve, Fall, Succumb, Yield
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Related verbs: Break, Break Down, Conk Out, Die, Fail, Give Out, Give Way, Go, Go Bad, Die
Derivative terms: Decease, Decedent, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Exit, Expiration, Going, Passing
Antonyms: Be Born
Also: Die Down, Die Down, Die Off, Die Out
15. Verb. Reduce the air supply. "Choke a carburetor"
16. Verb. Cause to retch or choke.
Definition of Choke
1. v. t. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
2. v. i. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
3. n. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
Definition of Choke
1. to impede the breathing of [v CHOKED, CHOKING, CHOKES]
Medical Definition of Choke
1. 1. To prevent respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea. 2. Any obstruction of the oesophagus in herbivorous animals by a partly swallowed foreign body. Origin: M.E. Choken, fr. O.E. Aceocian (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choke
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