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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choke \Choke\, v. i.
1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
to be strangled.
2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
The words choked in his throat. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choke \Choke\, n.
1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
feeling of strangulation.
2. (Gun.)
a The tied end of a cartridge.
b A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
rocket, etc
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choke \Choke\, 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
squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
strangle.
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
--Shak.
2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
block up --Addison.
3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
to stifle.
Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.
4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.'' --Swift.
5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
barrel of a shotgun.
{To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a
purpose; as to choke off a speaker by uproar.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
choke
n 1: 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}]
2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of
a gasoline engine
v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong
emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about
her deceased husband"
2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is chocking the
cat" [syn: {gag}, {fret}]
3: wring the neck of "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {scrag}]
4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
5: struggle for breath [syn: {gag}, {suffocate}]
6: check or slow down the action or effect of "She choked her
anger"
7: 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}]
[ant: {unclog}]
8: die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
[syn: {kick the bucket}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {drop
dead}, {pop off}, {croak}, {snuff it}, {die suddenly}, {die
unexpectedly}]
9: reduce the air supply; of carburetors [syn: {throttle}]
10: kill by constricting the throat and preventing from
breathing; "Othello suffocated Desdemona with a pillow"
[syn: {suffocate}]
11: cause to retch or choke [syn: {gag}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
choke v. 1. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully.
"NULs make System V's `lpr(1)' choke." "I tried building an {EMACS}
binary to use {X}, but `cpp(1)' choked on all those `#define's." See
{barf}, {gag}, {vi}. 2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any
endeavor, but with some flair or bravado; the popular definition is
"to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
choke
1. To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's
"lpr(1)" choke." "I tried building an {Emacs} binary to use
{X}, but "cpp(1)" choked on all those "#define"s." See
{barf}, {gag}.
2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with
some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch
defeat from the jaws of victory."
[{Jargon File}]
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