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"Choke" Definition
noun
A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Something that constricts or chokes.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The act or sound of choking.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To become blocked up or obstructed.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To check or hinder the growth, development, or activity of .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To obstruct by filling up or clogging .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To fill completely .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To enrich the fuel mixture of (a motor) by partially shutting off the air intake of the carburetor.
Source: Merriam-Webster
phrasal-verb
Choke back To hold back; suppress: choked back his tears.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Choke up To be unable to speak because of strong emotion.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Sports To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging: Mud choked the drainpipe.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of: a garden that was choked by weeds.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To fill up completely; jam: Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary