choke
choke /tʃ'oʊk/ (chokes choking choked)
1 [VERB] V, V on n, V n, V to n, V-ing
When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment...
A small child could choke on the doll's hair...
Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her...
The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke...
Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
2 [VERB] V n
To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead.
The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building where they choked him with his tie.
= strangle
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n, be V-ed by n
If a place is choked with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it.
The village's roads are choked with traffic...
His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.
4 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu the N
The choke in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start.choke back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
Choking back tears, he said Mary died in his arms.
= suppresschoke off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.
1 [VERB] V, V on n, V n, V to n, V-ing
When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment...
A small child could choke on the doll's hair...
Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her...
The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke...
Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
2 [VERB] V n
To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead.
The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building where they choked him with his tie.
= strangle
3 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n, be V-ed by n
If a place is choked with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it.
The village's roads are choked with traffic...
His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.
4 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu the N
The choke in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start.choke back
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
Choking back tears, he said Mary died in his arms.
= suppresschoke off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.