choke block
21choke — verb 1) Christopher started to choke Syn: gag, retch, cough, fight for breath 2) she had been choked to death Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother, stifle, strangle, throttle; informal strangulate …
22choke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strangle, suffocate, garrote; stifle, obstruct, clog, jam, plug. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deprive of air] Syn. asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote,… …
23choke — tʃəʊk n. act of choking; throttle (in a car) v. strangle, block the windpipe; be strangled; block, obstruct; fill full …
24choke — I. verb (choked; choking) Etymology: Middle English, alteration of achoken, from Old English ācēocian, from ā , perfective prefix + cēoce, cēace jaw, cheek more at abide, cheek Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to check or block normal… …
25choke — 1) a triangular piece at the wing end of a purse seine, used to get the float and load lines while heaving the net by a power block 2) a method of baiting herring for slow trolling 3) killing fish in a gill net, the squeaking noise made when a… …
26choke up — verb a) To (temporarily) lose ones power of speech, because of embarrassment, fear etc. b) To block up, to cause something to be blocked …
27choke the luff — verb to temporarily stop the movement of a rope through a block by jamming the sheave with the hauling rope; a pull on the rope releases it …
28choke — I. v. a. 1. Suffocate, stifle, smother, strangle, throttle. 2. Suppress, overpower, overcome, stifle, smother, keep down. 3. Obstruct, close, block, stop, bar. II. v. n. Be choked, strangle, suffocate …
29choke — v 1. strangle, strangulate, throttle, gar rote, bowstring, gibbet, hang; asphyxiate, suffocate, burke, smother, stifle; gag, retch, gasp. 2. clog, dam up, plug, stop, cork, seal; congest, constrict, close, shut, occlude; obstruct, block, blockade …
30To choke off — 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… …
