choke
Signification (English)
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- To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- (colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
- To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
Concepts
s’étrangler
passer l’arme à gauche
claboter
s’éteindre
calancher
dévisser son billard
casser sa queue de billard
avaler de travers
payer sa dette à la nature
s'étrangler
fusette
être bouché
s’enliser
s’étouffer
être blocké
Synonyms
cash in one’s chips
give-up the ghost
choke coil
be strangled
be obstructed
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
obstruct air-passage
hollow throat
inductive choke
choked bore
choked neck
choke down
air-resistance
be suffocated
choke on food
force back
be blocked
necking down
sob convulsively
restricted gate
have trouble breathing
make cough
retardation coil
i hrottle
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/t͡ʃəʊk/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.
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