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   choke

   /tʃəʊk/

   verb

   • 1. (of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air: "Willie choked on a mouthful of tea" Similar gagretchcoughstruggle for airfight for breathgasp
   • ▪ cause (a person or animal) to choke: "the toys contained parts that could choke a very young child" Similar suffocateasphyxiatesmotherstifleoverpowerovercomestranglethrottleasphyxiatesuffocateinformal:strangulate
   • ▪ prevent (a plant) from growing by depriving it of light, air, or nourishment: "the bracken will choke the wild gladiolus"
   • ▪ prevent or inhibit the occurrence or development of: "piracy will choke the creation and distribution of music"
   • ▪ (in sports) fail to perform at a crucial point of a game or contest as a result of nervousness: informal "we were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch"
   • 2. fill (a space) so as to make movement difficult or impossible: "the roads were choked with traffic" Similar clog (up)bung upblockobstructstop upsilt upplugdam upcongestjaminformal:gunge uptechnical:occludeobturate
   • 3. make (someone) speechless with a strong feeling or emotion: "he was choked with fury"
   • 4. enrich the fuel mixture in (a petrol engine) by reducing the intake of air: "carbon monoxide results during a cold start, when an engine is choked"

   noun

   • 1. a valve in the carburettor of a petrol engine that is used to reduce the amount of air in the fuel mixture when the engine is started: "an automatic choke"
   • ▪ a knob which controls the choke in a carburettor: "he pulled the choke out to its full extent"
   • ▪ a narrowed part of a shotgun bore near the muzzle, serving to restrict the spread of the shot: "many guns may not have the right choke"
   • ▪ an inductance coil used to smooth the variations of an alternating current or to alter its phase.
   • 2. a sound produced by a person or animal having difficulty in breathing: "a little choke of laughter"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old English ācēocian (verb), perhaps from cēoce (see cheek).

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   What is the meaning of choke?

   • 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): to choke back one's sobs.

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   What is a choke in Electrical Engineering?

   • A choke is a coil of low resistance and high inductance that is used in electrical circuits to pass low frequency or direct currents while stopping the higher frequency alternating currents. Collins COBUILD Key Words for Electrical Engineering.

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   What does 'choke up' mean?

   • To 'choke up' means to become speechless, as from emotion. For example, 'I just choked up and couldn't say a thing'. The award chokes me up; I don't know what to say. There is no object form of this verb, and it does not refer to any mechanical mechanism that regulates the flow of elements by blocking a passage.

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     CHOKE translate: ทำให้หายใจไม่ออก, ทำให้อุดตัน,...

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     CHOKE translate: подавиться, поперхнуться , забивать,...

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     choke translate: ennuegar-se, estàrter. Learn more in the...

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     CHOKE translate: ersticken, verstopfen, die Luftklappe....

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   • Choke: French Translation

     CHOKE translate: s’étouffer, s’étrangler, étrangler,...

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   Choke means to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe, or to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling. It can also mean to suppress, clog, or enrich the fuel mixture of an engine. See more meanings, synonyms, examples, and usage of choke.

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word choke, such as to stop breathing, to block something, or to reduce the air supply to an engine. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation, and related words.

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   choke (with something) His voice was choking with rage. choke something Despair choked her words. ‘I can't bear it,’ he said in a choked voice. choke somebody The panic rising in his throat threatened to choke him. see also choked [transitive, usually passive] to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult

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   Choke means to stop or interfere with the breathing, swallowing, or speaking of a person or animal, or to block or clog up something. It can also mean to suppress an emotion, to enrich the fuel mixture of a carburetor, or to grip a bat or racket.

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    When you choke, you are suddenly unable to breathe, often because something is stuck in your throat. Your dad's rude joke might make you gasp and choke on your grilled cheese sandwich.