"choked" in the verb sense

1. choke

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

2. choke, gag, fret

be too tight rub or press

"This neckband is choking the cat"

3. choke, scrag

wring the neck of

"The man choked his opponent"

4. choke, strangle

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

5. gag, choke, strangle, suffocate

struggle for breath have insufficient oxygen intake

"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

6. 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"

7. choke

check or slow down the action or effect of

"She choked her anger"

8. 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"

9. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

10. suffocate, choke

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

"He is suffocating

11. suffocate, choke

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

"His job suffocated him"

12. 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"

13. choke, throttle

reduce the air supply

"choke a carburetor"

14. gag, choke

cause to retch or choke

"choked" in the adjective sense

1. choked, clogged

stopped up clogged up

"clogged pipes"

"clogged up freeways"

"streets choked with traffic"

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