ALL meanings of chokes
chokes
C c - noun chokes Plural form of choke. 1
- noun chokes the act or sound of choking. 1
- noun chokes a mechanism by which the air supply to the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine can be diminished or stopped. 1
- noun chokes Machinery. any mechanism that, by blocking a passage, regulates the flow of air, gas, etc. 1
- noun chokes Electricity. choke coil. 1
- noun chokes a narrowed part, as in a chokebore. 1
- noun chokes the bristly upper portion of the receptacle of the artichoke. 1
- verb with object chokes to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. 1
- verb with object chokes to stop by or as if by strangling or stifling: The sudden wind choked his words. 1
- verb with object chokes to stop by filling; obstruct; clog: Grease choked the drain. 1
- verb with object chokes to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often followed by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears. 1
- verb with object chokes to fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture. 1
- verb with object chokes to seize (a log, felled tree, etc.) with a chain, cable, or the like, so as to facilitate removal. 1
- verb with object chokes to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by diminishing the air supply to the carburetor. 1
- verb with object chokes Sports. to grip (a bat, racket, or the like) farther than usual from the end of the handle; shorten one's grip on (often followed by up). 1
- verb without object chokes to suffer from or as from strangling or suffocating: He choked on a piece of food. 1
- verb without object chokes to become obstructed, clogged, or otherwise stopped: The words choked in her throat. 1
- noun chokes plural of choke. 0