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Webster 1913 Edition
Choke
Choke
(chōk)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Choked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Choking
.] [OE.
cheken
, choken
; cf. AS. āceocian
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.
With eager feeding food doth
choke
the feeder. Shakespeare
2.
To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
Addison.
3.
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
Oats and darnel
choke
the rising corn. Dryden.
4.
To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
“I was choked at this word.” Swift.
5.
To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
To choke off
, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
Choke
,Verb.
I.
1.
To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
2.
To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
The words
choked
in his throat. Sir W. Scott.
Choke
,Noun.
1.
A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
2.
(Gun.)
(a)
The tied end of a cartridge.
(b)
A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Choke
CHOKE
, v.t.1.
To stop the passage of the breath, by filling the windpipe or compressing the neck. The word is used to express a temporary or partial stoppage, as to choke with dirt or smoke; or an entire stoppage that causes death; to suffocate; to strangle. Mark 5.2.
To stop by filling; to obstruct; to block up; as, to choke the entrance of a harbor, or any passage.3.
To hinder by obstruction or impediments; to hinder or check growth, expansion, or progress; as, to choke plants; to choke the spreading of the fruit.Thorns choke them. Matt 13. Luke 8.
4.
To smother or suffocate, as fire.5.
To suppress or stifle; as, to choke the strong conception.6.
To offend; to cause to take an exception; as, I was choked at this word.We observe that this word generally implies crowding, stuffing or covering. A channel is choked by stones and sand, but not by a boom.
CHOKE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To have the wind-pipe stopped; as, cattle are apt to choke when eating potatoes.2.
To be offended; to take exceptions.CHOKE
,Noun.