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choke
(chōk)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.
Phrasal Verbs: 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.
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.
[Middle English choken, short for achoken, from Old English āceōcian : ā-, intensive pref. + cēoce, cēace, jaw, cheek.]
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choke
(tʃəʊk)vb
1. (tr) to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation
2. (intr) to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking
3. (tr) to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)
4. (tr) to retard the growth or action of: the weeds are choking my plants.
5. (tr) to suppress (emotion): she choked her anger.
6. (intr) slang to die
7. (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)
8. (intr) (esp in sport) to be seized with tension and fail to perform well
n
9. the act or sound of choking
10. (Automotive Engineering) a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
11. (Mechanical Engineering) any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc
12. (Electronics) electronics Also called: choke coil an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier
13. (Cookery) the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke
[Old English ācēocian, of Germanic origin; related to cheek]
ˈchokeable adj
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choke
(tʃoʊk)v. choked, chok•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
2. to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words.
3. to stop by filling; obstruct; clog: Grease choked the drain.
4. to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often fol. by back or down): to choke back one's sobs.
5. to fill to the limit; pack: The closet was choked with toys.
6. to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.
7. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle (often fol. by up).
v.i. 8. to suffer from or as if from strangling or suffocating: to choke on a peanut.
9. to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped: The words choked in her throat.
10. to become too tense or nervous to perform well (sometimes fol. by up).
11. choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as if by choking: to choke off a nation's fuel supply.
12. choke up, to become or cause to become speechless, as from emotion or stress.
n. 13. the act or sound of choking.
14. any mechanism that regulates flow by blocking a passage, esp. the device in an automotive engine that controls how much air enters the carburetor.
15. a narrowed part.
16. the bristly inner part of an artichoke head.
[1150–1200; Middle English choken,cheken, variant of achoken, acheken, Old English ācēocian to suffocate; akin to Old Norse kōk gullet]
choke′a•ble, adj.
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choke
Past participle: choked
Gerund: choking
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| Noun | 1. |  choke - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating currentcircuit, 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" | |
| 3. | choke - wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" | |
| 4. | choke - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | |
| 5. | choke - struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" | |
| 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" | |
| 7. | choke - check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" | |
| 8. |  choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed 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" | |
| 9. |  choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" | |
| 10. | choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" | |
| 11. | choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" | |
| 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" 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" | |
| 13. | choke - reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods" | |
| 14. | choke - cause to retch or choke sicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" |
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choke
verb
1. suffocate, stifle, smother, overpower, asphyxiate Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its fumes choking her.
2. strangle, throttle, asphyxiate They choked him with his tie.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
choke
verb1. To interfere with or stop the normal breathing of, especially by constricting the windpipe:
2. To stop the breathing of:
3. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check.Also used with back:
burke, gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.
Informal: sit on (or upon).
4. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:
5. To be unsuccessful:
Slang: bomb.
Idioms: fail of success, fall short.
choke off
To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
Idiom: put the lid on.
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Translations
dusitškrtící klapkaucpatzacpat
chokerkvæleproppestoppevære ved at kvæles
tukehtuakuristaakuristuarikastinryyppy
gušiti se
eltömfojtszívató
innsogkæfa, kyrkjastífla
息が詰まる
숨이 막히다
dusintiuždusintiuždusti
aizsērētnoslāptnosmaktslāpētājs
dusićkrztusić siędławić się
upchať sa
dušiti se
kvävas
ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก
boğ makhava kelebeğijiklenefesi kes mektıkamak
bị nghẹt thở
choke
[tʃəʊk]B. VT
C. VI [person] → ahogarse, asfixiarse
to choke to death → morir asfixiado
to choke on a fishbone → atragantarse con una espina
to choke with laughter → morirse de risa
to choke to death → morir asfixiado
to choke on a fishbone → atragantarse con una espina
to choke with laughter → morirse de risa
choke down VT + ADV [+ rage, sobs] → ahogar
choke off VT + ADV (fig) [+ supply, suggestions etc] → cortar; [+ discussion] → cortar por lo sano; [+ person] → cortar
choke up
A. VT + ADV [+ pipe, drain] → obstruir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
choke
[ˈtʃəʊk] vi → étouffer
to choke on sth → s'étrangler avec qch
He choked on a fishbone → Il s'est étranglé avec une arête de poisson.
to choke on sth → s'étrangler avec qch
He choked on a fishbone → Il s'est étranglé avec une arête de poisson.
vt [attacker] → étrangler
An old woman was found choked to death → Une vieille femme a été retrouvée étranglée.
An old woman was found choked to death → Une vieille femme a été retrouvée étranglée.
(= block) → boucher, obstruer
to be choked with sth [river, pond] → être encombré(e) par qch
to be choked with cars [street] → être embouteillé(e)
to be choked with sth [river, pond] → être encombré(e) par qch
to be choked with cars [street] → être embouteillé(e)
n
[car] → starter m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
choke
vt
person → ersticken; (= throttle) → (er)würgen, erdrosseln; don’t eat so fast, you’ll choke yourself → iss nicht so schnell, sonst erstickst du daran; to choke the life out of somebody/something (lit, fig) → jdm/einer Sache den Garaus machen; in a voice choked with tears/emotion → mit tränenerstickter/tief bewegter Stimme
(fig) pipe, tube, street → verstopfen; fire, plants → ersticken
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
choke
(tʃəuk) verb1. to (cause to) stop, or partly stop, breathing. The gas choked him; He choked to death.
2. to block. This pipe was choked with dirt.
noun an apparatus in a car engine etc to prevent the passage of too much air when starting the engine.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
choke
→ يَخْتَنِقُ dusit (se) være ved at kvæles ersticken πνίγομαι asfixiar tukehtua s’étouffer gušiti se soffocare 息が詰まる 숨이 막히다 verstikken kvele dusić engasgar-se душить kvävas ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก tıkanmak bị nghẹt thở 哽住Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
choke
vt. ahogar, sofocar, estrangular; [choke on something] atragantarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
choke
vt estrangular; vi (asphyxiate) asfixiarse (form), ahogarse; to — on (food, etc.) atragantarse conEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.