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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Choke \Choke\, v. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. [1913 Webster] The words choked in his throat. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Choke \Choke\, n. 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Choke \Choke\ (ch[=o]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian 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. [1913 Webster] With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. [1913 Webster] Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." --Swift. [1913 Webster] 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. [1913 Webster] {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: choke n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current [syn: {choke}, {choke coil}, {choking coil}] 2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband" 2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat" [syn: {choke}, {gag}, {fret}] 3: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {choke}, {scrag}] 4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: {choke}, {strangle}] 5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {choke}, {strangle}, {suffocate}] 6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience" 7: check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger" 8: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: {clog}, {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {choke}, {foul}] [ant: {unclog}] 9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: {suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}] 10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" [syn: {suffocate}, {choke}] 11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" [syn: {suffocate}, {choke}] 12: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {exit}, {pass away}, {expire}, {pass}, {kick the bucket}, {cash in one's chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up the ghost}, {drop dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {croak}, {snuff it}] [ant: {be born}] 13: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: {choke}, {throttle}] 14: cause to retch or choke [syn: {gag}, {choke}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: choke v. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. ?NULs make System V's lpr(1) choke.? ?I tried building an {EMACS} binary to use {X}, but cpp(1) choked on all those #defines.? See {barf}, {vi}.