Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "choke" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

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 choke point choke price choke the chicken choke the luff choke tube choke up choke-children choke-dog choke-full choke-hold choke-me choke-priest chokeberry chokebore chokecherry chokecoil chokedamp chokehold chokepoint choker choker chain chokeslam chokestrap chokey chokily choking bloom choking coil chokingly choky dechoke enough to choke a horse enough to choke a snake full choke guillotine choke multichoke nonchoked one throat to choke rear naked choke rope and choke too much pudding will choke a dog unchoke

Etymologically Related To

achoke cheek

Context

electronics fluid mechanics sports

Subevents

gag

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ache become block bottle up breathe change state close up coil compact compress constrict contract dampen enrich fail hurt impede inhibit jam neglect obstruct obturate occlude press respire sicken squeeze stifle suffer suppress suspire take a breath turn valve

Type Of (IsA)

coil tangible thing valve valve mechanical

Manner Of

bottle up breathe compress enrich fail

Part Of

circuit fuel system

Related Terms

air artichoke barrel breathe brush bud carburetor choking coil close competition finger floret flowrate fuel go down wrong way immature ma mistake muzzle nervous obstruct obstruction pencil shot shotgun sonic strangle strangling strangulation tip tool unable windpipe

Similar Terms

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

Synonym Network

clog die gag strangle suffocate

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.