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Noun: choking chowking- A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
- The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
"no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
- strangling, strangulation, throttling
Verb: choke chowk- Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" - Be too tight; rub or press
"This neckband is choking the cat"
- gag, fret - Wring the neck of
"The man choked his opponent"
- scrag [N. Amer] - Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- strangle - Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- gag, strangle, suffocate - Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" - Check or slow down the action or effect of
"She choked her anger" - Become or cause to become obstructed
- clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul - Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate - Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
- suffocate - Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
- suffocate - Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs - Reduce the air supply
"choke a carburettor"
- throttle - Cause to retch or choke
- gag
Derived forms: chokings See also: choker Type of: asphyxiation, become, block, bottle up, breathe, change state, close up, compact, compress, constrict, contract, dampen, disorder, enrich, fail, hurt, impede, inhibit, jam, neglect, obstruct, obturate, occlude, press, respire, sicken, squeeze, stifle, suffer, suffocation, suppress, suspire, take a breath, turn, upset Encyclopedia: Choke Choking |