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kɹoʊk kɹəʊk dɪˈsiːs ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ) ɡæɡ ɡəʊ ɡoʊ ɡəʉ ɡɐʉ ˈkɪk ðə ˈbʌkɪt ˈpɛɹɪʃ ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l ˈstɹæŋɡəl breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband cause to retch or choke struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake he swallowed a fishbone and gagged constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing reduce the air supply choke a carburetor 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 suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of His job suffocated him become stultified, suppressed, or stifled He is suffocating — living at home with his aged parents in the small village impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of The foul air was slowly suffocating the children become or cause to become obstructed The leaves clog our drains in the Fall The water pipe is backed up be too tight; rub or press This neckband is choking the cat wring the neck of The man choked his opponent check or slow down the action or effect of She choked her anger fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience 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