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
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

Verb
cause to retch or choke

Verb
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

Verb
constrict (someone''s) throat and keep from breathing

Verb
reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"

Verb
die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"

Verb
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"

Verb
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

Verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

Verb
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

Verb
be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"

Verb
wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"

Verb
check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"

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"

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v. t.
To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

v. t.
To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

v. t.
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

v. t.
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

v. t.
To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

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.

v. i.
To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

n.
A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

n.
The tied end of a cartridge.

n.
A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

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Choke

Choke , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. 'beceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.

2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. Addison. 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

Oats and darnel choke the rising corn.

4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift. 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

Choke

Choke, v. i. 1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

The words choked in his throat.

Choke

Choke, n. 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.