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 |