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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
choke /tʃoʊk/USA pronunciation   v., choked, chok•ing, n. 
v. 
  1. to stop the breath of (someone) by squeezing or blocking the windpipe;
    strangle: [~ + object]Let go of my neck; you're choking me.[no object]He's choking; quick, get a doctor.[~ + on + object]The baby is choking on that hard candy!
  2. [~ + object] to stop by filling;
    obstruct;
    clog: Grease choked the drain.
  3. [~ + object] to fill to the limit;
    pack: The closet was choked with toys.
  4. to keep back, hold back, or suppress (a feeling, etc.): [~ + back/down + object]She choked back her sobs.[~ + object + back/down]to choke them down.
  5. Informal Terms to become too tense to perform well:[no object* ~ (+ up)]I don't know why I forgot my speech; I just choked (up) and couldn't go on.
  6. choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as if by choking: [~ + off + object]to choke off the fuel supply.[~ + object + off]to choke it off.
  7. choke up, to (cause to) become speechless, as from emotion: [no object]I just choked up and couldn't say a thing.[~ + object + up]This award chokes me up; I don't know what to say.

n. [countable]
  1. the act or sound of choking.
  2. Mechanical Engineeringany mechanism that regulates the flow of elements by blocking a passage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
choke  (chōk),USA pronunciation v., choked, chok•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe;
    strangle;
    stifle.
  2. to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling:The sudden wind choked his words.
  3. to stop by filling;
    obstruct;
    clog:Grease choked the drain.
  4. to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often fol. by back or down):I managed to choke back my tears.
  5. to fill chock-full:The storeroom was choked with furniture.
  6. to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal.
  7. Automotiveto enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor.
  8. Sportto grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle;
    shorten one's grip on (often fol. by up).

v.i. 
  1. to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating:He choked on a piece of food.
  2. to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped:The words choked in her throat.
  3. choke off, to stop or obstruct by or as by choking:to choke off a nation's fuel supply.
  4. choke up:
    • to become or cause to become speechless, as from the effect of emotion or stress:She choked up over the sadness of the tale.
    • to become too tense or nervous to perform well:Our team began to choke up in the last inning.

n. 
  1. the act or sound of choking.
  2. Automotivea mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped.
  3. Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc.
  4. ElectricitySee choke coil. 
  5. a narrowed part, as in a chokebore.
  6. the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke.
  • 1150–1200; Middle English choken, cheken, variant of achoken, acheken, Old English ācēocian to suffocate; akin to Old Norse kōk gullet
choke′a•ble, adj. 
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged block, dam, plug.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
choke / tʃəʊk/
  1. (transitive) to hinder or stop the breathing of (a person or animal), esp by constricting the windpipe or by asphyxiation
  2. (intransitive) to have trouble or fail in breathing, swallowing, or speaking
  3. (transitive) to block or clog up (a passage, pipe, street, etc)
  4. (transitive) to retard the growth or action of: the weeds are choking my plants
  5. (intransitive) to die
  6. (transitive) to enrich the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply to (a carburettor, petrol engine, etc)
  1. the act or sound of choking
  2. a device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
  3. any constriction or mechanism for reducing the flow of a fluid in a pipe, tube, etc
  4. Also called: choke coil an inductor having a relatively high impedance, used to prevent the passage of high frequencies or to smooth the output of a rectifier
  5. the inedible centre of the head of an artichoke
Etymology: Old English ācēocian, of Germanic origin; related to cheekˈchokeable

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