chokehold choke hold | a restraining hold, someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind, he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled |
automatic choke | a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor |
choke | a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine |
choke choke coil choking coil | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
choke | breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion, She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband |
gag choke | cause to retch or choke |
gag choke strangle suffocate | struggle for breath, have insufficient oxygen intake, he swallowed a fishbone and gagged |
choke strangle | constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing |
choke throttle | reduce the air supply, choke a carburetor |
die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass b kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life, She died from cancer, The children perished in the fire, The patient went peacefully, The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of |
suffocate choke | suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of, His job suffocated him |
suffocate choke | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled, He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village |
choke off choke down choke back | suppress, He choked down his rage |
suffocate stifle asphyxiate choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of, The foul air was slowly suffocating the children |
clog choke off clog up back up congest choke foul | become or cause to become obstructed, The leaves clog our drains in the Fall, The water pipe is backed up |
stuff lug choke up block | obstruct, My nose is all stuffed, Her arteries are blocked |
choke gag fret | be too tight, rub or press, This neckband is choking the cat |
choke scrag | wring the neck of, The man choked his opponent |
choke | check or slow down the action or effect of, She choked her anger |
choke | fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation, The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience |
chockablock(p) chock-full chockful choke-full chuck-full cram full | packed full to capacity, chowder chockablock with pieces of fish |