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choke  (chk)

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.

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.

Phrasal Verbs:

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.

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[Middle English choken, short for achoken, from Old English cecian : -, intensive pref. + coce, cace, jaw, cheek.]

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choke

Verb

[choking, choked]

1. to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal) by strangling or smothering

2. to have trouble in breathing, swallowing, or speaking

3. to block or clog up: the old narrow streets become choked to a standstill

4. to hinder the growth of: weeds would outgrow and choke the rice crop

Noun

a device in a vehicle's engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply [Old English ācēocian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	choke - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current choke coil, choking coil circuit, 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" gag, fret constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
	3.	choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" scrag constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
	4.	choke - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing strangle constrict, compress, contract, compact, press, squeeze - squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
	5.	choke - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" gag, strangle, suffocate suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain
	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" fail, neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
	7.	choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" bottle up, suppress, inhibit - control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
	8.	choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back 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" choke up, lug, stuff, block - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" silt, silt up - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
	9.	choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
	10.	choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" suffocate suffocate, choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
	11.	choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" suffocate dampen, stifle - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" suffocate, choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
	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" buy it, pip out - be killed or die; 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" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
	13.	choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" throttle enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
	14.	choke - cause to retch or choke gag sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"

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choke

verb 1. suffocate, stifle, smother, overpower, asphyxiate

verb 2. strangle, throttle, asphyxiate

verb 3. block, dam, clog, obstruct, bung, constrict, occlude, congest, close, stop, bar

Translations

choke [tʃəuk] vi → ahogarse;

(on food) → atragantarse

vt → ahogar (= block); atascar

n (AUT) → estárter m

choke [tʃəuk] vi → étouffer

vt → étrangler; étouffer (= block); boucher, obstruer

n (Aut) → starter m

choke [tʃəuk] vi → ersticken;

(with smoke, dust, anger etc) → keine Luft mehr bekommen

vt → erwürgen, erdrosseln

n (Aut) → Choke m, Starterklappe f;

to be choked (with) → verstopft sein (mit)

choke [tʃəuk] vi → soffocare

vt → soffocare (= block); ingombrare

n (AUT) → valvola dell'aria

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choke

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 숨이 막히다; 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 窒息 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 막히다; 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 공기 흡입 조절 장치 sklendė slāpētājs (motorā) pencekik choke choke ssanie afogador şoc воздушная заслонка škrtiaci ventil dušilnik čok choke อาการสำลัก jikle, hava kelebeği 阻塞...的氣門 повітряна заслінка карбюратора کار کے انجن کا پرزہ bướm gió 阻塞...的气门