Choke

//t͡ʃəʊk//

Synonyms for "choke" (284 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Verb(14 words)

asphyxiate clog congest stifle strangle suffocate throttle back up block up bung up buy the farm cash in one's chips choke off choke out

clog gag strangle suffocate accelerator arrest asphyxia asphyxiate asphyxiation auto automobile bake bang bar barricade batten batten down be in heat be killed bind

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blaze block block up blockade bloom blow out boil bolt broil bung burke burking burn button button up caulk charge chink chock choke off choke up choking

Noun(1 words)

choke coil

Strong matches (85)

Related words (142)

key kill killing latch liver death load lock lock out lock up megadeath muffle muffler muzzle neckwear obstipate obstruct obviate occlude od out

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overburden overcharge overfeed overfill overlade overload overstuff overweight pack padlock pant parch parts pile plug plug up plumb prohibit put down put out put to silence quash quell quench quiet quieten radiate heat repress restrain roast satiate saturate scald scarf scorch seal seal off seal up secure seethe serum death shimmer with heat shush shut shut down shut down on shut off shut out shut the door shut tight shut up silence simmer slack slam smolder smother smotheration smothering snap snuff snuff out soak soft pedal soft-pedal spark spile squash squeeze squeeze shut squelch stamp out stanch stand in the way starvation starve stay steam stench stew stifle stifling still stop stop the breath stop up stopper stopple strangling strangulate strangulation strike dumb stuff stuff up suffocation supercharge supersaturate suppress surcharge surfeit sweat swelter throttle throttling tie toast trample out trample underfoot violent death watery grave zip up zipper

Verb(10 words)

kick the bucket obstruct pass pass away perish pop off scrag snuff it stick stop up

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

34 entries

ache become block bottle up breathe change state close up coil compact compress constrict contract dampen enrich fail hurt

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Synonyms

5 entries

clog die gag strangle suffocate

derived

57 entries

air choke blood choke breadcutter choke chokable choke a darkie choke and puke choke back choke chain choke collar choke damp choke down choke hold choke off choke on choke out choke pear

Showing 16 of 57 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

achoke cheek

has context

3 entries

electronics fluid mechanics sports

has subevent

1 entries

gag

is a

4 entries

coil tangible thing valve valve mechanical

manner of

5 entries

bottle up breathe compress enrich fail

part of

2 entries

circuit fuel system

related to

33 entries

air artichoke barrel breathe brush bud carburetor choking coil close competition finger floret flowrate fuel go down wrong way immature

Showing 16 of 33 words.

similar

10 entries

break break down conk out die fail give out give way go go bad suffocate

Translations

294 translations across 62 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

verstik noun (control on a carburetor)
wurggreep noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)

Albanian

3 entries

asfiksim noun (control on a carburetor)
mbytje noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
valvul ajri noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

πνίγω verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
ἀσφυκτιῶ verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
ἄγχω verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Arabic

2 entries

اِخْتَنَقَ verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
خَنَقَ verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Armenian

2 entries

խեղդել verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
խեղդվել verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

boğmaq verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
boğulmaq verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Basque

1 entries

ito verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Belarusian

4 entries

даві́цца verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
душы́ць verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
задушы́ць verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
зато́хнуцца verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Bulgarian

4 entries

смукач noun (control on a carburetor)
зада́вя verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
зада́вям verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
задуша́ verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Catalan

4 entries

ennuegar-se verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
escanyar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
ofegar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
ofegar-se verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

خنکان verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
خنکاندن verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

使窒息 verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
呛 verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
嗆 /呛 verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
噎住 verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

boğmaq verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Czech

4 entries

snížené noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
sytič noun (control on a carburetor)
dusit verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
dusit se verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Danish

3 entries

choker noun (control on a carburetor)
kvælertag noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
trangboring noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)

Dutch

4 entries

choke noun (control on a carburetor)
macht noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
stikken verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
verstikken verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Esperanto

3 entries

stringovalvo noun (control on a carburetor)
sufoki verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
sufokiĝi verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Finnish

4 entries

kuristusote noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
rikastin noun (control on a carburetor)
ryyppy noun (control on a carburetor)
supistin noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)

French

4 entries

mainmise noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
réduit noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
starter noun (control on a carburetor)
juguler verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Galician

4 entries

reducido noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
afogar verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
afogar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
aganar verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

German

4 entries

Choke noun (control on a carburetor)
Drossel noun (control on a carburetor)
Drossel noun (choking coil)
Drosselspule noun (choking coil)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Greek

4 entries

εμφράκτης noun (control on a carburetor)
τσοκ noun (control on a carburetor)
τσοκ noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
ασφυκτιώ verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Hebrew

2 entries

חָנַק verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
נחנק verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Hungarian

2 entries

fullad verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
megfojt verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Irish

4 entries

tachtadh noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
tachtaire noun (control on a carburetor)
tachtóir noun (control on a carburetor)
plúch verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Italian

4 entries

starter noun (control on a carburetor)
asfissiare verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
soffocare verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
strangolare verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Japanese

4 entries

チョーク弁 noun (control on a carburetor)
噎せる verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
窒息させる verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
窒息する verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

thīp-àh verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
thōngíe verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Khmer

4 entries

ការថប់ noun (control on a carburetor)
ការទប់ noun (control on a carburetor)
ឆូក noun (control on a carburetor)
សន្ទះខ្យល់ noun (control on a carburetor)

Korean

4 entries

목조 르기 noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
초크 noun (control on a carburetor)
질식시키다 verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
질식하다 verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Latin

4 entries

angō verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
offōcō verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
strangulō verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
suffōcō verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Lithuanian

2 entries

smaugti verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
springti verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Lombard

4 entries

sofegar verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
sofegar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
stofegar verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
stofegar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Macedonian

4 entries

саух noun (control on a carburetor)
гуши verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
души verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
задави verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Malay

1 entries

cekik verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Middle English

3 entries

acheken verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
choken verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
stranglen verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Mongolian

4 entries

багалзуурдах verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
боох verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
бүгших verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
хахах verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Māori

4 entries

natihau noun (control on a carburetor)
kane verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
kōwaowao verb (to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds)
nanati verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

ukalwa verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

fetisandin verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
fetisîn verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

choke noun (control on a carburetor)
kvelertak noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
spjeld noun (control on a carburetor)
trangboring noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بوغمق verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Persian

2 entries

خفه شدن verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
خفه کردن verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Polabian

1 entries

ai̯dovĕt verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Polish

4 entries

ssanie noun (control on a carburetor)
uścisk noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
dusić verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
dusić się verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Portuguese

4 entries

afogador noun (control on a carburetor)
mata-leão noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
afogar verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
asfixiar verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Romanian

2 entries

șoc noun (control on a carburetor)
sufoca verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Russian

4 entries

засло́нка noun (control on a carburetor)
дави́ться verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
души́ть verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
задохну́ться verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

mùch verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
tachd verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

smanjen noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
dúšiti verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
gúšiti verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
ugušívati verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Slovak

4 entries

zníženej noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
škrtenie noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
dusiť verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
dusiť sa verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Slovene

4 entries

dušiti verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
dušiti se verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
zadušiti verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
zadušiti se verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Spanish

4 entries

ahogador noun (control on a carburetor)
cebador noun (control on a carburetor)
estrangulador noun (control on a carburetor)
estrangulamiento noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)

Swedish

4 entries

choke noun (control on a carburetor)
choketub noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
järngrepp noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
kväva verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Thai

4 entries

โช้ค noun (control on a carburetor)
บีบคอ verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
สำลัก verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
หายใจติดขัด verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Turkish

4 entries

bastırma noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
indirimli noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
jikle noun (control on a carburetor)
boğmak verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Tày

1 entries

cà verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Ukrainian

4 entries

дави́тися verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
души́ти verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
задиха́тися verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
задихну́тися verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Vietnamese

4 entries

giảm noun (constriction at a shotgun barrel)
sự nắm cổ người nào noun (type of hold in wrestling etc.)
bóp cổ verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)
hóc verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Welsh

3 entries

tagu noun (control on a carburetor)
tagu verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
tagu verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Yiddish

2 entries

דערשטיקט ווערן verb (be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)
דערשטיקן verb (prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Carol couldn't choke back her tears.

Source: tatoeba (63156)

You have to pace yourself or you'll choke halfway through.

Source: tatoeba (266993)

Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.

Source: tatoeba (393894)

I'll choke the life out of him.

Source: tatoeba (1224457)

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