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