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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) choke , choke coil , choking coil a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
(n) choke a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
Verbs (v) choke breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion “She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband”
(v) choke , gag , fret be too tight; rub or press “This neckband is choking the cat”
(v) choke , scrag wring the neck of “The man choked his opponent”
(v) choke , strangle constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
(v) choke fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation “The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience”
(v) choke check or slow down the action or effect of “She choked her anger”
(v) suffocate , choke become stultified, suppressed, or stifled “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village”
(v) suffocate , choke suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of “His job suffocated him”
(v) die , decease , perish , go , exit , pass away , expire , pass , kick the bucket , cash in one's chips , buy the farm , conk , give-up the ghost , drop dead , pop off , choke , croak , snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life “She died from cancer” ,
“The children perished in the fire” ,
“The patient went peacefully” ,
“The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”