to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.

to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling

The sudden wind choked his words.

to stop by filling; obstruct; clog

Grease choked the drain.

to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often fol. by back or down )

I managed to choke back my tears.

to fill chock-full

The storeroom was choked with furniture.

to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal.

to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.

Sports . to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often fol. by up ).

to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating

He choked on a piece of food.

to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped

The words choked in her throat.

the act or sound of choking.

a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped.

Machinery . any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc.

Electricity . choke coil.

a narrowed part, as in a chokebore.

the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke. ?

choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as by choking

to choke off a nation's fuel supply.

choke up,

to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress

She choked up over the sadness of the tale.

to become too tense or nervous to perform well

Our team began to choke up in the last inning.

verb

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