CHOKE


Meaning of CHOKE in English

noun the tied end of a cartridge.

2. choke ·noun a constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, ·etc.

3. choke ·vt to obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

4. choke ·vi to be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

5. choke ·vt to affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

6. choke ·vt to make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

7. choke ·noun a stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

8. choke ·vt to hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, ·etc.; to stifle.

9. choke ·vi to have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

10. choke ·vt to render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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