Other Definitions
choke (enc)
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Choke| Noun | 1. | choke - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating currentcoil - 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 engineautomatic 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" | | | 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"fail, neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" | | | 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" crap up - become obstructed or chocked up; "The drains clogged up" silt, silt up - become chocked with silt; "The river silted 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"suffocate, choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" | | | 11. | choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"dampen, stifle - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" suffocate, choke - become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" | | | 12. | choke - die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech decease, die, pass away, perish, expire, exit, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" | | | 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 chokesicken - make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me" | |
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