Definition of choke

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • choke is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • choke is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • choke is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of choke


  • become stultified, suppressed, or stifled (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. suffocate
  • become or cause to become obstructed (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. back up
    2. choke off
    3. clog
    4. clog up
    5. congest
    6. foul
  • wring the neck of (verb)

    Examples

    1. The man choked his opponent

    Synonyms

    1. scrag
  • a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. choke coil
    2. choking coil
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. buy the farm
    2. cash in one's chips
    3. conk
    4. croak
    5. decease
    6. die
    7. drop dead
    8. exit
    9. expire
    10. give-up the ghost
    11. go
    12. kick the bucket
    13. pass
    14. pass away
    15. perish
    16. pop off
    17. snuff it
  • impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. asphyxiate
    2. stifle
    3. suffocate
  • struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. gag
    2. strangle
    3. suffocate
  • suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. suffocate
  • reduce the air supply (verb)

    Examples

    1. choke a carburetor

    Synonyms

    1. throttle
  • be too tight; rub or press (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. fret
    2. gag
  • cause to retch or choke (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. gag
  • constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. strangle
  • a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine (noun)
  • breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion (verb)

    Examples

    1. She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
  • check or slow down the action or effect of (verb)

    Examples

    1. She choked her anger
  • fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation (verb)

    Examples

    1. The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience

See definition of choke in Merriam Webster