a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

[ Syn: choke coil , choking coil ]

a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband'

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

[ Syn: suffocate ]

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; His job suffocated him

[ Syn: suffocate ]

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 ones chips , buy the farm , conk , give-up the ghost , drop dead , pop off , croak , snuff it ]

reduce the air supply; choke a carburetor

[ Syn: throttle ]

cause to retch or choke

[ Syn: gag ]

be too tight; rub or press; This neckband is choking the cat

[ Syn: gag , fret ]

wring the neck of; The man choked his opponent

[ Syn: scrag ]

constrict (someones) throat and keep from breathing

[ Syn: strangle ]

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

[ Syn: gag , strangle , suffocate ]

fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience'

check or slow down the action or effect of; She choked her anger'

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 , foul ]

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

[ Syn: suffocate , stifle , asphyxiate ]