chokes

Noun

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
• a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
• plural of choke

Verb

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
• be too tight; rub or press
• wring the neck of
• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
• fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
• check or slow down the action or effect of
• become or cause to become obstructed
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• reduce the air supply
• cause to retch or choke
• third-person singular simple present indicative of choke

Synonyms

asphyxiate, back up, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, choke coil, choke off, choking coil, clog, clog up, congest, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, foul, fret, gag, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, scrag, snuff it, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle

Antonyms

be born, unclog