Found 1 items, similar to To choke off.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To choke off 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]