I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a choking sensation (= a feeling that you cannot breathe )
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A choking sensation filled my throat.
be choked with emotion (= feel so much emotion that you cannot speak normally )
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Mr Ford’s voice was choked with emotion as he addressed the mourners.
choke chain
fight/choke/blink back tears (= try not to cry )
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She fought back tears yesterday as she re-lived the horrors she had seen.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Harry felt stiflingly hot, choking almost , as he loosened his collar.
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He was fuming about it when Yolanda hopped into his car, the sickly sweet stink of her perfume almost choking him.
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Sally-Anne was almost choking between rage and fear.
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I said, almost choking from pride.
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Her fear was almost choking her, making it difficult to breathe.
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But she was almost choking with emotion.
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She almost choked on the stench of damp grain blowing up the hill.
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He had swallowed the worst of his gall, although with a gulp that almost choked him.
nearly
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Lucy nearly choked on the stuff, but kept it down.
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I nearly choked on the bread; my neck and throat seemed to be ringed by a cruel vice.
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It was like that time the fish bone had stuck sideways at Grandma Clegg's and he'd nearly choked .
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I am nearly choked , and temporarily deafened.
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I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once.
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Ruth nearly choked on the last crumb of her pastry.
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We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls.
■ NOUN
death
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Left alone, the place would rapidly choke itself to death , it seemed.
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I think I am going to choke to death right here.
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In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death .
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He choked to death on meat in a cafe in Ray some years ago..
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The coroner concluded he had choked to death when he tried to climb out of his cot.
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She slowly choked to death , a combination of tuberculosis and laryngitis-two of the diseases that infect Aids patients.
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I thought I was going to choke to death .
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Both McLean and Burgess have denied that they forced soil and debris into the victim's mouth, choking her to death .
tear
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There were tears , night-long, choked , whimpering tears, and the first tantrum.
throat
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Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
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Another tentacle shot out like a whip and coiled around his throat , choking him.
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Nausea rose in her throat , threatening to choke her, when she saw the bloodied arrow clutched in her hand.
word
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She choked on the words , seeming on the verge of tears.
■ VERB
begin
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Christopher Ray began to choke and turn blue after the candy-coated ball lodged in his voice box.
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After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke .
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The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe.
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I tried to tell her this, but she began choking me.
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As she began to choke she kicked and struggled for breath before tumbling down into nowhere.
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I saw her sob and begin to choke .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I guess we choked," said Coach Landers after his team's last minute defeat.
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At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.
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Do something -- he's choking!
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Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.
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Growth of the reed can choke out native water plants.
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He began to sob, and choked out, "I have to go now."
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He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.
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I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.
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Small parts on the toys could break off and choke young children.
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The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.
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The roads were choked with traffic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.
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He beamed again as Ali, practically choking on his own saliva, fell forward into a group of pupils.
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She cried out, then the cry caught and choked in her throat.
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Some investors assert that the lack of a spending accord, for now, will buoy bonds by choking off economic growth.
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The father told police he shook his daughter because she was choking.
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The Feldwebel was choking with laughter.
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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
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Here the choke chain is relaxed, Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand.
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Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.
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Also, long walks, like choke chains , are out of the question.
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Remove the normal collar before fitting the choke chain , so that they can not become tangled together.
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This is the approximate length of choke chain which will be required.
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Always ensure that the choke chain is positioned correctly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Give it a bit more choke .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also, long walks, like choke chains, are out of the question.
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Everyone saw multiple chokes and made the connection.
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Here the choke chain is relaxed, Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand.
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Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.