CHOKE
\t͡ʃˈə͡ʊk], \tʃˈəʊk], \tʃ_ˈəʊ_k]\
Definitions of CHOKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
-
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
-
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
-
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
-
wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
-
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
-
reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor"
-
die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
-
check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
By Princeton University
-
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
-
die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
-
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
-
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
-
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
-
wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"
-
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
-
To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
-
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
-
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
-
To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
-
To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
-
To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
-
A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
-
The tied end of a cartridge.
-
A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
By Oddity Software
-
To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
-
To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
-
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
-
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
-
To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
-
To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
-
To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
-
A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
-
The tied end of a cartridge.
-
A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
By Noah Webster.
-
To stop the breath of by closing the windpipe; to stifle, strangle, or suffocate; block up.
-
To become suffocated; to become clogged.
-
The act or sound of strangling, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
Word of the day
sir richard blackmore
- An English physician poet; born in Wiltshire about 1650; died 1729. Besides medical works, Scripture paraphrases, satirical verse, he wrote Popian couplets "Prince Arthur, a Heroic Poem"(1695), and voluminous religious epic, "The Creation"(1712), very successful much praised then, but not now read.