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choke

Nouns

• (n) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current choke coil, choking coil,
• (n) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

Verbs

• (v) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
  • She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
• (v) be too tight; rub or press
  • This neckband is choking the cat
  gag, fret,
• (v) wring the neck of
  • The man choked his opponent
  scrag,
• (v) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing strangle,
• (v) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
  gag, strangle, suffocate,
• (v) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
  • The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience
• (v) check or slow down the action or effect of
  • She choked her anger
• (v) become or cause to become obstructed
  • The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
  • The water pipe is backed up
  clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up,
• (v) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
  asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle,
• (v) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
  • He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
  suffocate,
• (v) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
  • His job suffocated him
  suffocate,
• (v) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
  buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, go, pass,
• (v) reduce the air supply
  • choke a carburetor
  throttle,
• (v) cause to retch or choke gag,

Synonyms

choke coil choking coil gag fret scrag strangle suffocate clog clog up congest choke off foul back up asphyxiate stifle buy the farm cash in one's chips croak decease die drop dead give-up the ghost kick the bucket pass away perish snuff it expire pop off conk exit go pass throttle

Antonyms

unclog be born

See also

die off die out die back die down

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