choke

Etymology 1
From (also ), from earlier, from , probably derived from , , see. Cognate with 🇨🇬,. See also.

Verb

 * 1)  To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
 * 2)  To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
 * 3)  To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
 * 4)  To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
 * 5) * 1697, (translator), “The Fifth ,” lines55-56, in The Works of , London: Jacob Tonson, p.22,
 * No fruitful Crop the sickly Fields return;
 * But Oats and Darnel choak the rising Corn.
 * 1)  To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
 * 2)  To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
 * 3)  To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
 * 4)  To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
 * 5)  To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
 * 6)  To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 7) * 2007,, , New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 3, p.435,
 * Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?
 * 1)  To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 2)  To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
 * 3)  To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
 * 4)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 5) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * 1) * 1697, (translator), “The Fifth ,” lines55-56, in The Works of , London: Jacob Tonson, p.22,
 * No fruitful Crop the sickly Fields return;
 * But Oats and Darnel choak the rising Corn.
 * 1)  To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
 * 2)  To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
 * 3)  To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
 * 4)  To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
 * 5)  To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
 * 6)  To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 7) * 2007,, , New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 3, p.435,
 * Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?
 * 1)  To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 2)  To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
 * 3)  To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
 * 4)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 5) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * 1)  To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
 * 2)  To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 3) * 2007,, , New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 3, p.435,
 * Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?
 * 1)  To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 2)  To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
 * 3)  To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
 * 4)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 5) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?
 * 1)  To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
 * 2)  To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
 * 3)  To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
 * 4)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 5) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * 1)  To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
 * 2)  To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
 * 3)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 4) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * 1)  To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
 * 2) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
 * 1) To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِخْتَنَقَ
 * Armenian: խեղդվել
 * Basque: ito
 * Belarusian: затыха́цца, зато́хнуцца, затхну́цца, даві́цца, падаві́цца
 * Bulgarian:, задуша, задъ́хвам се, задъ́хам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sufoki
 * Finnish:, , tikahtua
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, aganar, apedar, oufegar, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀσφυκτιῶ, πνίγω
 * Hebrew: נחנק
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 噎せる
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lithuanian: springti
 * Lombard: sofegar, stofegar
 * Macedonian: гуши, души
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kalwa
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, zdławić, zadławić, , zakrztusić, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: угушивати, угушити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: dusiť, udusiť
 * Slovene: dušiti, zadušiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Thai:, หายใจติดขัด
 * Turkish:
 * Tày: cà
 * Ukrainian: задиха́тися, задихну́тися, дави́тися, подави́тися
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: דערשטיקט ווערן


 * Arabic: خَنَقَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: душы́ць, задушы́ць, прыдушы́ць, удушы́ць
 * Bulgarian:, задуша́, уду́швам, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: boğmaq
 * Czech:, , , zadusit
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sufokigi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: esganar,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄγχω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: tacht, plúch
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ច្របាច់ក
 * Korean: 질식시키다
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خنکاندن
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: suffōcō, offōcō, strangulō, angō
 * Lithuanian: smaugti
 * Lombard: sofegar, stofegar
 * Macedonian: задушува, задуши, задавува, задави, гуши, души
 * Maori: nanati
 * Middle English: stranglen, choken, acheken
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق
 * Persian:
 * Polabian: ai̯dovĕt
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tachd, mùch
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: угуши́вати, угу́шити, гу́шити, ду́шити
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: dusiť, udusiť, zadusiť
 * Slovene: dušiti, zadušiti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: บีบคอ
 * Ukrainian: души́ти, задуши́ти, удуши́ти
 * Vietnamese: bóp cổ
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: דערשטיקן


 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: tacht, plúch
 * Maori: kōwaowao


 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
 * 2)  In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
 * 3) A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
 * 4) A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
 * 5)  A choking coil.
 * 6) A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: verstik
 * Albanian: asfiksim
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: смукач
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: sytič
 * Danish: choker
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: stringovalvo
 * Finnish: rikastin,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, εμφράκτης
 * Irish: tachtaire, tachtóir
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: チョーク弁
 * Khmer: ឆូក, សន្ទះខ្យល់, ការថប់, ការទប់
 * Korean: 초크
 * Macedonian: саух
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: afogador
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: estrangulador
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: โช้ค
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: wurggreep
 * Albanian: valvul ajri
 * Armenian:
 * Danish: kvælertag
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kuristusote
 * French:
 * German: Würgegriff
 * Irish: tachtadh
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 목조 르기
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kvelertak
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mata-leão
 * Slovak: škrtenie
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: sự nắm cổ người nào


 * Albanian:
 * Czech: snížené
 * Danish: reduceret
 * Finnish: supistin
 * French:
 * Galician: reducido
 * German: Würgebohrung
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian: redusert
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: zníženej
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:
 * German: Versturz


 * German: Drosselspule,

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) a lot, many