Noun

• S: (n) choke, choke coil, choking coil (a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current)
• S: (n) choke (a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine)

Verb

• S: (v) choke (breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion) "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
• S: (v) choke, gag, fret (be too tight; rub or press) "This neckband is choking the cat"
• S: (v) choke, scrag (wring the neck of) "The man choked his opponent"
• S: (v) choke, strangle (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)
• S: (v) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake) "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
• S: (v) choke (fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation) "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
• S: (v) choke (check or slow down the action or effect of) "She choked her anger"
• S: (v) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul (become or cause to become obstructed) "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
• S: (v) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of) "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
• S: (v) suffocate, choke (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled) "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
• S: (v) suffocate, choke (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of) "His job suffocated him"
• S: (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it (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"
• S: (v) choke, throttle (reduce the air supply) "choke a carburetor"
• S: (v) gag, choke (cause to retch or choke)