Definition of choke

noun (n)

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: choke coil, choking coil
  

  source: wordnet30
• a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion (verb.body)

  Example:
  She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be too tight; rub or press (verb.contact)

  Synonym: fret, gag
  

  source: wordnet30
• wring the neck of (verb.contact)

  Synonym: scrag
  

  Example:
  The man choked his opponent.
  

  source: wordnet30
• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb.body)

  Synonym: strangle
  

  source: wordnet30
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb.body)

  Synonym: gag, strangle, suffocate
  

  source: wordnet30
• fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation (verb.social)

  Example:
  The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience.
  

  source: wordnet30
• check or slow down the action or effect of (verb.social)

  Example:
  She choked her anger.
  

  source: wordnet30
• become or cause to become obstructed (verb.contact)

  Synonym: back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul
  Antonym: unclog
  

  source: wordnet30
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb.contact)

  Synonym: asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate
  

  source: wordnet30
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (verb.change)

  Synonym: suffocate
  

  source: wordnet30
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

  Antonym: be born
  

  source: wordnet30
• reduce the air supply (verb.change)

  Synonym: throttle
  

  Example:
  Choke a carburetor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to retch or choke (verb.body)

  Synonym: gag
  

  source: wordnet30
• To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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