choke

Definizione monolingua

choke

choke (third-person singular simple present chokes, present participle choking, simple past and past participle choked)

1. (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
2. (transitive) To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
3. (intransitive) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
4. (transitive) Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.
5. To move ones fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

choke (plural chokes)

1. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
2. (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
3. A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
4. A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

Definizione dizionario choke

	soffocare
	be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe

	strozzare
	prevent someone from breathing by strangling them

	morire
	To cease to live.

	riduzione
	A small overlap that decreases the knockout of the lower of two differently colored, abutting objects.

affogare

asfissiare

choke

comprimere

costipare

ingombrare

ingorgo

intasare

otturare

soffocamento

strangolare

tordo

Altri significati:

A person who kills by strangling.

(transitive) To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.

(transitive) Of a cave passage, to be partly or completely blocked by boulders, mud etc.

type of hold in wrestling etc.

constriction at a shotgun barrel

A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

(intransitive) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.

To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

To squeeze the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea, possibly leading to unconsciousness or death.

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

feel a pressure on one’s chest

control on a carburetor

A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.