What is the meaning of the word "choke"?
Definitions:
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to breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion verb
- I choked with emotion when I spoke about my deceased friend.
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to cause to retch or choke verb
- The smoke in the room choked me.
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to check or slow down the action or effect of verb
- They choked their anger.
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to fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation verb
- The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience.
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to reduce the air supply verb
- choke a carburetor
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to wring the neck of verb
- I choked opponent out in my last match.
Synonyms:
- buy the farm
- cash in one's chips
- choke coil
- choking coil
- clog
- conk
- croak
- decease
- die
- drop dead
- exit
- expire
- fret
- gag
- give-up the ghost
- go
- kick the bucket
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pop off
- scrag
- snuff it
- stifle
- strangle
- suffocate
- throttle