Hypertext Webster Gateway: "choke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Choke \Choke\, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
to be strangled.
2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
The words choked in his throat. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Choke \Choke\, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
feeling of strangulation.
2. (Gun.)
(a) The tied end of a cartridge.
(b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
rocket, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to
suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up. --Addison.
3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.'' --Swift.
5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
{To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
choke
n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in
electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate
alternating current [syn: {choke coil}, {choking coil}]
2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of
a gasoline engine
v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong
emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about
her deceased husband"
2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
cat" [syn: {gag}, {fret}]
3: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {scrag}]
4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {suffocate}]
6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The
team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing
the coach and the audience"
7: check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her
anger"
8: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: {clog},
{choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {foul}]
[ant: {unclog}]
9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: {suffocate},
{asphyxiate}]
10: die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
[syn: {kick the bucket}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {drop
dead}, {pop off}, {croak}, {snuff it}]
11: reduce the air supply; of carburetors [syn: {throttle}]
12: cause to retch or choke [syn: {gag}]
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