Choke

Verb

 * 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.

Noun

 * 1) A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
 * 2)  In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
 * 3) A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
 * 4) A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

Adverbs for Choke
horribly; fiendishly; murderously; hellishly; painfully; furiously; fatally; mortally; partially; savagely.

Derived terms
choker; choke collar; unchoke

Thesaurus
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