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choky

choky

1 7.5
Tight around the neck so it feels like choking
  • adjective
  • /ˈtʃoʊki/
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  • "Jesus." "He's got poetry," I go, all choky.

Yeah, with single colours and probably horrible heating or choky air con.

Examples

  • The tight collar of her shirt felt choky, making it difficult to breathe.

  • Woodrow was getting sort of choky again.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Yeah, with single colours and probably horrible heating or choky air con.

    Rob Moore

  • They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He quickly removed the choky scarf that was suffocating him.

  • Wearing that choky necklace for too long made her feel uneasy.

Antonyms

comfortable
494 1.0

Not feeling pain or physical discomfort

loose
155 1.0

Not tight so it can move or fall off

How Tight

choky
1 7.5
tight
6 1.0
to snug
4 3.5
loose
155 1.0

Surface Forms

choky positive
chokier comparative
chokiest superlative

Morphology

choky = choke (transparent) = choke + y

This is a straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'having the quality of choking' or 'causing choking'.

Etymology

Choky as an adjective comes from the verb choke, meaning 'to make someone unable to breathe', and describes something that feels uncomfortably tight around the neck. Think of a choker necklace that fits too tightly; that is why a collar or sweater can be called 'choky'.