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Chokes
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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verb (used with object)
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 followed by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears.
5.
EXPANDto fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture.
6.
to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal.
7.
to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.
8.
COLLAPSESports. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often followed by up).
verb (used without object)
9.
to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating: He choked on a piece of food.
10.
to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped: The words choked in her throat.
noun
Verb phrases12.
a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped.
13.
Machinery. any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc.
14.
Electricity. choke coil.
15.
EXPANDa narrowed part, as in a chokebore.
16.
COLLAPSEthe bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke.
17.
choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as by choking: to choke off a nation's fuel supply.
18.
choke up,
a.
to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress: She choked up over the sadness of the tale.
b.
to become too tense or nervous to perform well: Our team began to choke up in the last inning.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English choken, cheken, variant of achoken, acheken, Old English ācēocian to suffocate; akin to Old Norse kōk gullet
1150–1200; Middle English choken, cheken, variant of achoken, acheken, Old English ācēocian to suffocate; akin to Old Norse kōk gullet
Related forms
choke·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·choke, verb (used with object), -choked, -chok·ing.
un·choke·a·ble, adjective
un·choked, adjective
Synonyms
3. block, dam, plug.
3. block, dam, plug.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
choke
c.1200, aphetic of acheken, from O.E. aceocian "to choke" (with intensive a-), probably from base of ceoke "jaw, cheek." Meaning "valve which controls air to a carburetor" first recorded 1926. Choke-cherry (1785) so called for its astringent qualities. Choker "large neckerchief" is from 1848.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
choke (chōk)
v. choked, chok·ing, chokes
To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
chokes (chōks)
n.
A manifestation of caisson disease or altitude sickness characterized by dyspnea, coughing, and choking.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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