1. choke, choke coil, choking coil

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

• choke coil
• choking coil

2. choke

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

3. choke

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

Example Sentences:
'She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband'

4. choke, fret, gag

be too tight; rub or press

Example Sentences:
'This neckband is choking the cat'

• fret
• gag

5. choke, scrag

wring the neck of

Example Sentences:
'The man choked his opponent'

• scrag

6. choke, strangle

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• strangle

7. choke, gag, strangle, suffocate

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Example Sentences:
'he swallowed a fishbone and gagged'

• gag
• strangle
• suffocate

8. choke

fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

Example Sentences:
'The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience'

9. choke

check or slow down the action or effect of

Example Sentences:
'She choked her anger'

10. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul

become or cause to become obstructed

Example Sentences:
'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall'
'The water pipe is backed up'

• back up
• choke off
• clog
• clog up
• congest
• foul

11. asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

Example Sentences:
'The foul air was slowly suffocating the children'

• asphyxiate
• stifle
• suffocate

12. choke, suffocate

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

Example Sentences:
'He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village'

• suffocate

13. choke, suffocate

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

Example Sentences:
'His job suffocated him'

• suffocate

14. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Example Sentences:
'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'

• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

• die back
• die down
• die down
• die off
• die off
• die out
• die out

15. choke, throttle

reduce the air supply

Example Sentences:
'choke a carburetor'

• throttle

16. choke, gag

cause to retch or choke

• gag