transitive verb choked, choking chok′·ing

1. to prevent from breathing by blocking the windpipe or squeezing the throat of; strangle; suffocate; smother; stifle
2. to block up; obstruct by clogging
3. to hinder the growth or action of; smother; suppress
4. to fill up
5. to cut off some air from the carburetor of (a gasoline engine) in order to make a richer gasoline mixture
6. ☆ to hold (a bat, golf club, etc.) away from the end of the handle and closer toward the middle

Etymology: ME choken, aphetic < OE vt. aceocian, to choke, prob. < base of ceoke, jaw, cheek

intransitive verb

1. to be suffocated; have difficulty in breathing
2. to be blocked up; be obstructed
3. to become strained with emotion a choked voice
4. Informal to be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.

noun

1. the act of choking; strangulation
2. a sound of choking
3. the valve that chokes a carburetor
4. a constriction, as in a chokebore