choke

Noun

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

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

Verb

• cause to retch or choke

• reduce the air supply
  • choke a carburetor
    

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • She died from cancer
    
  • The children perished in the fire
    
  • The patient went peacefully
    
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
    

• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
  • His job suffocated him
    

• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
  • He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
    

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
    

• become or cause to become obstructed
  • The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
    
  • The water pipe is backed up
    

• check or slow down the action or effect of
  • She choked her anger
    

• fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
  • The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience
    

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
  • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
    

• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• wring the neck of
  • The man choked his opponent
    

• be too tight; rub or press
  • This neckband is choking the cat
    

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
  • She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  choke coil , choking coil , gag , throttle , die , decease , perish , go , exit , pass away , expire , pass , kick the bucket , cash in one's chips , buy the farm , conk , suffocate , stifle , asphyxiate , clog , choke off , clog up , back up , congest , foul , strangle , scrag , fret