choke (ch k)v. choked, chok·ing, chokes v.tr. 1. To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea. 2. a. To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of: a garden that was choked by weeds. b. To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging: Mud choked the drainpipe. c. To fill up completely; jam: Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic. 3. To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture. 4. Sports To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface. v.intr. 1. To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking. 2. To become blocked up or obstructed. 3. Sports To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket. Often used with up. 4. To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic contest: choked by missing an easy putt on the final hole. n. Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act or sound of choking. 2. a. Something that constricts or chokes. b. A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot. 3. A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor. 4. The fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head. choke back To hold back; suppress: choked back his tears. choke off To bring to an end as if by choking: "Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity" (Paul Craig Roberts). choke up To be unable to speak because of strong emotion. [Middle English choken, short for achoken, from Old English  cecian : -, intensive pref. + c oce, cace, jaw, cheek.] |
choke [tʃəʊk]
vb
1. (tr) to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation
2. (intr) to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking
3. (tr) to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc.)
4. (tr) to retard the growth or action of the weeds are choking my plants
5. (tr) to suppress (emotion) she choked her anger
6. (intr) Slang to die
7. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc.)
8. (intr) (esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well
n
1. the act or sound of choking
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc.
4. (Electronics) Also called choke coil Electronics an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier
5. (Cookery) the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke See also choke back, choke up
[Old English ācēocian, of Germanic origin; related to cheek]
chokeable adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  choke - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating currentcircuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow coil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
| 2. | choke - a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine automatic choke - a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor fuel system - equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine valve - control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | |
| Verb | 1. | choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| 2. | choke - be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" | |
| 3. | choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" | |
| 4. | choke - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | |
| 5. | choke - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" | |
| 6. | choke - fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" | |
| 7. | choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" | |
| 8. |  choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"gum up - stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" crap up - become obstructed or chocked up; "The drains clogged up" | |
| 9. | choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" | |
| 10. | choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" | |
| 11. | choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" | |
| 12. |  choke - 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"croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" | |
| 13. | choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" | |
| 14. | choke - cause to retch or choke sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" |
choke
verb
1. suffocate, stifle, smother, overpower, asphyxiate Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its fumes choking her.
2. strangle, throttle, asphyxiate They choked him with his tie.
Translations
choke [tʃəʊk]
B. VT
C. VI [person] → ahogarse, asfixiarse
to choke to death → morir asfixiado
to choke on a fishbone → atragantarse con una espina
to choke with laughter → morirse de risa
to choke to death → morir asfixiado
to choke on a fishbone → atragantarse con una espina
to choke with laughter → morirse de risa
choke down VT + ADV [+ rage, sobs] → ahogar
choke off VT + ADV (fig) [+ supply, suggestions etc] → cortar; [+ discussion] → cortar por lo sano; [+ person] → cortar
choke up
A. VT + ADV [+ pipe, drain] → obstruir
choke [ˈtʃəʊk]
vi → étouffer
to choke on sth → s'étrangler avec qch
He choked on a fishbone → Il s'est étranglé avec une arête de poisson.
to choke on sth → s'étrangler avec qch
He choked on a fishbone → Il s'est étranglé avec une arête de poisson.
vt [attacker] → étrangler
An old woman was found choked to death → Une vieille femme a été retrouvée étranglée.
An old woman was found choked to death → Une vieille femme a été retrouvée étranglée.
(= block) → boucher, obstruer
to be choked with sth [river, pond] → être encombré(e) par qch
to be choked with cars [street] → être embouteillé(e)
to be choked with sth [river, pond] → être encombré(e) par qch
to be choked with cars [street] → être embouteillé(e)
n
[car] → starter m
choke
vt
person → ersticken; (= throttle) → (er)würgen, erdrosseln; don’t eat so fast, you’ll choke yourself → iss nicht so schnell, sonst erstickst du daran; to choke the life out of somebody/something (lit, fig) → jdm/einer Sache den Garaus machen; in a voice choked with tears/emotion → mit tränenerstickter/tief bewegter Stimme
(fig) pipe, tube, street → verstopfen; fire, plants → ersticken
choke [tʃəʊk]
choke [tʃəʊk]
1. n (Aut) → (valvola dell')aria
3. vi → soffocare
choke back vt + adv → soffocare
choke [tʃəʊk]
1. n (Aut) → (valvola dell')aria
3. vi → soffocare
choke back vt + adv → soffocare
v choke [tʃəuk]
1 to (cause to) stop, or partly stop, breathing The gas choked him; He choked to death. verstik يَخْنُق задушавам (се) (u)dusit (se) kvæle ersticken πνίγω, πνίγομαι, σταματώ να αναπνέω ahogar, asfixiar lämmatama, lämbuma خفه کردن؛ خفه شدن tukehduttaa, tukehtua suffoquer, étouffer לַחֲנוֹק श्वासावरोध होना gušiti se fojt(ogat) mencekik kæfa, kyrkja soffocare 窒息させる 질식시키다 (už)dusinti, uždusti noslāpt; nosmakt tercekik (doen) stikken holde på å kveles, få i vrangstrupen; kvele dusić (się) sufocar a (se) sufoca; a (se) îneca задыхаться; задохнуться (za)dusiť (sa) dušiti, zadušiti (se) ugušiti kväva[] ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก boğ(ul)mak, nefesi(ni) kes(il)mek (使)窒息或呼吸困難 душити(ся); задихатися سانس کا رکنا ، یا جزوی طور پر رکنا nghẹt thở 窒息
2 to block This pipe was choked with dirt. verstop يَسُدُّ запушвам (се) ucpat, zacpat proppe; stoppe verstopfen φράζω obstruir ummistama مسدود شدن tukkia boucher לַחסוֹם बांधना, चलने से रोकना zagušiti eltöm menyumbat stífla ostruire, intasare 詰まらせる 막다 užkimšti aizsērēt sumbat verstopt zijn tette igjen, blokkere, stoppes til zatykać entupir a astupa засорять upchať (sa) zamašiti zapušiti täppa till (igen) ทำให้อุดตัน tıkamak 阻塞 засмічувати بند کر دیان ، بند ہونا tắc 阻塞
n
an apparatus in a car engine etc to prevent the passage of too much air when starting the engine. smoorklep خانِق (في السياره) въздушна клапа škrtící klapka choker die Luftklappe εξάρτημα του καρμπιρατέρ estrangulador õhuklapp ساسات kuristusläppä étrangleur מַשנֵק इंजन का एक हिस्सा gušenje szívató cuk innsog valvola dell'aria 空気調節弁 공기흡입조절장치 sklendė slāpētājs (motorā) pencekik choke choke ssanie afogador şoc воздушная заслонка škrtiaci ventil dušilnik čok choke อาการสำลัก jikle, hava kelebeği 阻氣門 повітряна заслінка карбюратора کار کے انجن کا پرزہ bướm gió 阻塞...的气门
choke → يَختنق udusit være ved at kvæles ersticken πνίγομαι asfixiar tukehtua s’étouffer gušiti se soffocare 息が詰まる 숨이 막히다 verstikken kvele dusić engasgar-se душить kvävas ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก tıkanmak bị nghẹt thở 哽住
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