NOUN
  • Definition - A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
  • Definition - In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
  • Definition - A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
  • Definition - A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
  • Definition - The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
  • Definition - Choking coil
  • Definition - A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
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.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
choke 14
4 Letter Words
heck 13 hock 13 hoke 11 okeh 11 coke 10 echo 9 oche 9
3 Letter Words
och 8 oke 7 hoe 6 eco 5
2 Letter Words
ok 6 eh 5 he 5 ho 5 oh 5 oe 2
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