Choke
Definition of Choke
Pronunciation: chōk | v. t. | 1. | To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. | | 2. | To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. | | 3. | To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. | | 4. | To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. | | 5. | To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. | | 2. | (Gun.) The tied end of a cartridge. |
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