CHOKE


Meaning of CHOKE in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a choking sensation (= a feeling that you cannot breathe )

A choking sensation filled my throat.

be choked with emotion (= feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally )

Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.

choke chain

fight/choke/blink back tears (= try not to cry )

She fought back tears yesterday as she re-lived the horrors she had seen.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

almost

Harry felt stiflingly hot, choking almost , as he loosened his collar.

He was fuming about it when Yolanda hopped into his car, the sickly sweet stink of her perfume almost choking him.

Sally-Anne was almost choking between rage and fear.

I said, almost choking from pride.

Her fear was almost choking her, making it difficult to breathe.

But she was almost choking with emotion.

She almost choked on the stench of damp grain blowing up the hill.

He had swallowed the worst of his gall, although with a gulp that almost choked him.

nearly

Lucy nearly choked on the stuff, but kept it down.

I nearly choked on the bread; my neck and throat seemed to be ringed by a cruel vice.

It was like that time the fish bone had stuck sideways at Grandma Clegg's and he'd nearly choked .

I am nearly choked , and temporarily deafened.

I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once.

Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.

We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls.

■ NOUN

death

Left alone, the place would rapidly choke itself to death , it seemed.

I think I am going to choke to death right here.

In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death .

He choked to death on meat in a cafe in Ray some years ago..

The coroner concluded he had choked to death when he tried to climb out of his cot.

She slowly choked to death , a combination of tuberculosis and laryngitis-two of the diseases that infect Aids patients.

I thought I was going to choke to death .

Both McLean and Burgess have denied that they forced soil and debris into the victim's mouth, choking her to death .

tear

There were tears , night-long, choked , whimpering tears, and the first tantrum.

throat

Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?

Another tentacle shot out like a whip and coiled around his throat , choking him.

Nausea rose in her throat , threatening to choke her, when she saw the bloodied arrow clutched in her hand.

word

She choked on the words , seeming on the verge of tears.

■ VERB

begin

Christopher Ray began to choke and turn blue after the candy-coated ball lodged in his voice box.

After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke .

The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe.

I tried to tell her this, but she began choking me.

As she began to choke she kicked and struggled for breath before tumbling down into nowhere.

I saw her sob and begin to choke .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"I guess we choked," said Coach Landers after his team's last minute defeat.

At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.

Do something -- he's choking!

Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.

Growth of the reed can choke out native water plants.

He began to sob, and choked out, "I have to go now."

He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.

I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.

Small parts on the toys could break off and choke young children.

The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.

The roads were choked with traffic.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.

He beamed again as Ali, practically choking on his own saliva, fell forward into a group of pupils.

She cried out, then the cry caught and choked in her throat.

Some investors assert that the lack of a spending accord, for now, will buoy bonds by choking off economic growth.

The father told police he shook his daughter because she was choking.

The Feldwebel was choking with laughter.

The teacher told her the baby had been choking, would not take a bottle and had thrown up four times.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

chain

Here the choke chain is relaxed, Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand.

Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.

Also, long walks, like choke chains , are out of the question.

Remove the normal collar before fitting the choke chain , so that they can not become tangled together.

This is the approximate length of choke chain which will be required.

Always ensure that the choke chain is positioned correctly.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Give it a bit more choke .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Also, long walks, like choke chains, are out of the question.

Everyone saw multiple chokes and made the connection.

Here the choke chain is relaxed, Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand.

Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.

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