The meaning of CHOKE is to check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air. How to use choke in a sentence.

CHOKE meaning: 1. If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your…. Learn more.

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Choke definition: to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.. See examples of CHOKE used in a sentence.

To bring to an end as if by choking: "Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity" (Paul Craig Roberts).

To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead. The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building, where they choked him with his tie.

Oct 8, 2025 · (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning. quotations He has a lot of talent, but he …

to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often fol. by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears. to fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture.

Synonyms for CHOKE: strangle, throttle, suffocate, garotte, asphyxiate, garrote, smother, stifle; Antonyms of CHOKE: restore, revive, resuscitate, breathe, inspire, expire, respire, inhale

Definition of choke verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.