Meaning

7 senses

  1. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

    Choke, Drossel

    засло́нкаzaslónka

    a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

  2. In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

    Würgegriff

  3. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.

    Würgebohrung

  4. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

    Versturz

  5. A choking coil.

    Drosselspule, Drossel

  6. A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

  7. The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.

Examples

164 sentences

  1. She choked him with her bare hands.

    Вона задушила його голими руками. — Ahha

    ruОна задушила его голыми руками. — Vixen96

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  2. She choked him.

    Вона його задушила. — deniko

    ruОна его задушила. — corvard

    deSie hat ihn erwürgt. — Esperantostern

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  3. Tom choked Mary.

    Том задушив Мері. — deniko

    ruТом душил Мэри. — sharptoothed

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  4. I nearly choked on a fishbone.

    deIch bin an einer Fischgräte fast erstickt. — xtofu80

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  5. Tom just tried to choke me.

    ruТом только что пытался меня задушить. — odexed

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
control on a carburetor:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
control on a carburetor:
type of hold in wrestling etc.:
constriction at a shotgun barrel:
blockage in cave passage:
choking coil:

Origin

From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian

From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.

Back-formation from artichoke.

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Forms

plural: chokes

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current:choke coilchoking coil

Word family

44 related words
Derivedair chokebean chokeblood chokebreadcutter chokechokablechoke backchoke beanchokeberrychokeborechoke chainchokecherrychoke-childrenchoke collarchoke dampchokedampchoke-dogchoke downchokeholdchoke-mechoke offchoke onchoke outchoke pearchokepoint

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
choiceA2choirB1choleracholesterolchomp

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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