Meaning

7 senses
  1. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.

    Halsband, Halskette

    колье́kolʹjé, ожере́льеožerélʹje, цепо́чкаcepóčka

    ґіорданgiordan

  2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

    someone who kills by strangling

  3. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

    A traffic calming device used to narrow a road and produce a chokepoint.

  4. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.

  5. (slang)Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

    I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!

  6. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.

    The choker tag will always follow the Proteas until we win a trophy — Temba Bavuma

    an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation

  7. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. She wore a stylish black choker necklace to the party.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
jewelry or accessory:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who chokes another:
jewelry or accessory:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
jewelry or accessory:

Forms

plural: chokers
Singularchoker
Pluralchokers

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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