1. to interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
2. to check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of: a garden that was choked by weeds.
3. to block up or obstruct by filling or clogging: mud choked the drainpipe.
4. to fill up completely; jam: major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.
5. to reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.
6. sports to grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.
7. to have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
8. to become blocked up or obstructed.
9. sports to shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket. often used with up.
10. 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.
11. the act or sound of choking.
12. something that constricts or chokes.
13. A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot.
14. A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.
15. the fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head.
16. choke back to hold back; suppress: choked back his tears.
17. 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).
18. choke up to be unable to speak because of strong emotion.

1. to be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
2. to prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
3. to perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
4. of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
5. to move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
6. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
7. in wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
8. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
9. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
2.
3. the tied end of a cartridge.
4. A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
5. to have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
6. to be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
7. to render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
8. to obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
9. to hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
10. to affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
11. to make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

1. to stop the breath of by preventing access of air to the windpipe; suffocate; stifle.
2. specifically to deprive of the power of breathing, either temporarily or permanently, by stricture of or obstruction in the windpipe; constrict or stop up the windpipe of so as to hinder or prevent breathing; strangle.
3. to stop by filling; obstruct; block up: often with up: as, to choke up the entrance of a harbor or any passage.
4. to hinder by obstruction or impediments; overpower, hinder, or check the growth, expansion, or progress of; stifle; smother.
5. to suppress or stifle.
6. to offend greatly; revolt.
7. same as choke-bore.
8. to stifle or suffocate, as by obstruction and pressure in hastily swallowing food, or by irritation of the air-passages when fluids are accidentally admitted there.
9. to be checked as if by choking; stick.
10. to stop or cease working: said of electrical apparatus.
11. the constriction of the bore of a choke-bored gun.—
12. the neck or portion of a rocket where the stick is attached.—
13. the tie at the end of a cartridge.
14. the filamentous or capillary part of the artichoke.
15. in india, an open place or wide street, in the middle of a city, where the market is held.
16. plural tonsillitis.

1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
2. reduce the air supply
3. cause to retch or choke
4. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
5. check or slow down the action or effect of
6. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
7. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
8. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
9. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
10. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
11. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
12. become or cause to become obstructed
13. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
14. wring the neck of
15. be too tight; rub or press
16. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake