choke

Meanings

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
• a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
• 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
• wring the neck of
  • "The man choked his opponent"
• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
• 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
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• reduce the air supply
  • "choke a carburetor"
• cause to retch or choke

Synonyms

asphyxiate, back up, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke coil, choke off, choking coil, clog, clog up, congest, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, foul, fret, gag, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, scrag, snuff it, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle