Found 3 items, similar to Choke.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: choke bengkal, mencekik, mencekiki, tersedak
English → English (WordNet) Definition: choke choke n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current [syn: choke coil, choking coil] 2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine choke v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; “She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband” 2: be too tight; rub or press; “This neckband is choking the cat” [syn: gag, fret] 3: wring the neck of; “The man choked his opponent” [syn: scrag] 4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: strangle] 5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged” [syn: gag, strangle, suffocate] 6: 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: check or slow down the action or effect of; “She choked her anger” 8: become or cause to become obstructed; “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”; “The water pipe is backed up” [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul] [ant: unclog] 9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” [syn: suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate] 10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village” [syn: suffocate] 11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; “His job suffocated him” [syn: suffocate] 12: die; “The old man finally kicked the bucket” [syn: kick the bucket , cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost , drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it] 13: reduce the air supply; “choke a carburetor” [syn: throttle] 14: cause to retch or choke [syn: gag]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Choke Choke \Choke\, n. 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc. [1913 Webster] Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked; p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. [1913 Webster] With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. [1913 Webster] Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. “I was choked at this word.” --Swift. [1913 Webster] 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. [1913 Webster] To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. [1913 Webster] Choke \Choke\, v. i. 1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. [1913 Webster] 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. [1913 Webster] The words choked in his throat. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]