VERB
  • Definition - To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
  • Example - Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
  • Definition - To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
  • Example - The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
  • Synonyms - asphyxiate strangle suffocate throttle
  • Definition - To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
  • Example - to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
  • Synonyms - block up bung up clog congest jam obstruct stop up
  • Definition - To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
  • Example - to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
  • Synonyms - choke out stifle
  • Definition - To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Synonyms - stick
  • Definition - To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - (of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
NOUN
  • Definition - The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
  • Definition - The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway.
  • Example - He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
choking 17 hocking 17
6 Letter Words
hoking 14 coking 13
5 Letter Words
chink 14 hoick 14 ching 11 ginch 11 gonch 11 chino 10 hongi 9 ohing 9 coign 8 incog 8
4 Letter Words
hick 13 hock 13 honk 11 conk 10 nick 10 nock 10 chin 9 chon 9 gink 9 inch 9 king 9 hong 8 ikon 8 kino 8 nigh 8 oink 8 cion 6 coin 6 coni 6 icon 6
3 Letter Words
khi 10 ick 9 chi 8 hic 8 ich 8 och 8 ghi 7 hog 7 ink 7 kin 7 koi 7 oik 7 cig 6 cog 6 hin 6 hon 6 noh 6 con 5 gin 4 nog 4 ion 3
2 Letter Words
ki 6 ok 6 hi 5 ho 5 oh 5 gi 3 go 3 in 2 no 2 oi 2 on 2
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