Definitions For Choke

noun

• A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
• A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
• A part in a vehicle that controls the flow of air into the engine

verb

• Breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
• Cause to retch or choke
• Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
• Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
• Reduce the air supply
• Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
• Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
• Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
• Become or cause to become obstructed
• Be too tight; rub or press
• Wring the neck of
• Check or slow down the action or effect of
• Fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
• To become unable to breathe usually because something gets stuck in your throat or because the air is not good for breathing
• To cause (someone) to stop breathing by squeezing the throat
• To make (someone) unable to breathe in a normal way