to choke
264
3.7
- verb
- /tʃoʊk/
- NSFW
:
atragantarse
- First I was eating, then I was choking, and then I could breathe again.
- throats are choked
- choking the city
- hitting and choking
On six different occasions, you've choked your wife to unconsciousness.
- On six different occasions, you've choked your wife to unconsciousness.
- When that's the last face you see choking the lifeout of you, Why?
- And now I'm laying here on choke watch making sure she don't choke all night.
- Like something that's choking them to death or trying to, to kill them.
- And this person was like, you know, I like to get choked, right?
- And then when the wind pulls the umbrella, it's like choking me.
- Little plant starts to grow and then the thorns choke it to death.
- Have you ever heard of a giraffe ever being choked?
- White stars pass or choke the night ash of fields burning.
Examples
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Again, I began to choke and almost panic, but we ducked into a driveway.
Academic text (2001) -
Don't choke on the dust.
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What good will religion do if we begin to choke on the air we breathe?
Academic text (1993) -
I truly believe the guy felt he was smothered, choked, unable to get his wind.
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In the elevator, Sarah and John are choking, handing the breathing mask back and forth desperately.
Fiction book (1991) -
Settlements and overgrazing upstream had choked off the river only a few generations past.
Fiction book (1990) -
He suddenly began to choke on a piece of meat during dinner.
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She almost choked when the dust from the construction site blew into her face.
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The boy started to choke on his toy as he accidentally swallowed it.
Synonyms
209
6.2
To kill or injure someone by squeezing their throat and stopping breathing
81
6.1
To have no air to breathe or to stop someone from getting air
47
3.4
To have trouble breathing because food gets stuck in the throat
27
4.0
Become blocked so things cannot move
21
3.2
To block a pipe or passage so flow stops
18
4.5
To make something dirty or blocked so it does not work properly
13
9.3
To prevent a person or animal from breathing by taking away air
9
3.7
To block a drain or road so things cannot move through it
7
6.6
To stop a person from breathing so they cannot get air
6
6.4
To stop a supply by blocking its source or flow
5
5.1
To feel like you will throw up when something touches your throat
3
8.8
To squeeze someone's throat to stop their breathing
1
9.9
To kill by twisting or squeezing someone's neck
1
5.8
To block a pipe or drain so water cannot pass through
1
5.3
To block or fill a place so things cannot move through it
To make short choking breaths when dying or badly hurt
To put a tight grip on someone's throat so the person cannot breathe
To kill someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe
To become blocked or cause a block by dirt and grease
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
7.0
Perform badly because of nervousness in an important situation
Compounds
- NSFW
7
7.5
A tight arm around someone's neck from behind to stop them moving or make them pass out
- Archaic
1
6.8
A device in a car engine that automatically reduces air so the engine starts easily when cold
- Specialized
A coil that lets direct current pass but reduces alternating current in a circuit
How Severe
- Offensive
209
6.2
- NSFW
81
6.1
- NSFW
264
3.7
5
5.1
254
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Choke comes from an old word meaning 'to strangle' or 'squeeze the throat', so imagine something tight around the neck that stops the breath and makes it hard to breathe.