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Definitions of choke:
  • noun:   a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
  • noun:   a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
  • verb:   check or slow down the action or effect of
    Example: "She choked her anger"
  • verb:   fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
    Example: "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
  • verb:   breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
    Example: "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
  • verb:   constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
  • verb:   be too tight; rub or press
  • verb:   wring the neck of
    Example: "The man choked his opponent"
  • verb:   reduce the air supply
    Example: "Choke a carburetor"
  • verb:   suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
  • verb:   become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
  • verb:   cause to retch or choke
  • verb:   struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • verb:   impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • verb:   become or cause to become obstructed
  • verb:   die



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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to choke:   (69 results)

Synonyms:
back up, buy the farm, choke coil, choke off, choking coil, clog, clog up, congest, conk, die suddenly, die unexpectedly, drop dead, foul, fret, gag, kick the bucket, pop off, scrag, snuff it, suffocate, throttle

Part of:
circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit, fuel system

More general:
block, bottle up, breathe, close up, coil, compact, compress, constrict, contract, decease, die, enrich, entity, exit, expire, go, hurt, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude, pass away, perish, press, respire, sicken, something, squeeze, suffer, suppress, take a breath, valve

More specific:
automatic choke, choke up, crap up, gum up, lug, silt, silt up, stuff

Often used in the same context:
goat, trinket

Appears in the definition of:
choky

Antonyms:
unclog



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