The noun choke has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
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)
2. choke -- (a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine)
Overview of verb choke
The verb choke has 14 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (8) choke -- (breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband")
2. (2) choke, gag, fret -- (be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat")
3. (1) choke, scrag -- (wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent")
4. (1) choke, strangle -- (constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)
5. (1) gag, choke, strangle, suffocate -- (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged")
6. choke -- (fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience")
7. choke -- (check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger")
8. clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul -- (become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up")
9. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke -- (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children")
10. suffocate, choke -- (become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village")
11. suffocate, choke -- (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him")
12. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it -- (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102")
13. choke, throttle -- (reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor")