[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. to be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
      1913 webster

            the words choked in his throat.       --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

choke \choke\ ch=ok, v. t. imp.  p. p. choked; p. pr. 
   vb. n. choking. oe. cheken, choken; cf. as. =aceocian
   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.
      1913 webster

            with eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
      block up. --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. to hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
      to stifle.
      1913 webster

            oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. to affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
      strong feeling. "i was choked at this word." --swift.
      1913 webster

   5. to make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
      barrel of a shotgun.
      1913 webster

   to choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a
      purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.
      1913 webster
see also:
choked choking to choke off 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

choke \choke\, n.
   1. a stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
      feeling of strangulation.
      1913 webster

   2. gun.
      a the tied end of a cartridge.
      b a constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
          rocket, etc.
          1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 choking 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 syn: strangle
     5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
        swallowed a fishbone and gagged" syn: gag, strangle,
        suffocate
     6: 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: check or slow down the action or effect of; "she choked her
        anger"
     8: 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
     9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
        "the foul air was slowly suffocating the children" syn: suffocate,
         stifle, asphyxiate
     10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "he is
         suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the
         small village" syn: suffocate
     11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
         "his job suffocated him" syn: suffocate
     12: die; "the old man finally kicked the bucket" syn: kick the
         bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up
         the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it
     13: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" syn: throttle
     14: cause to retch or choke syn: gag
see also:
choke coil choking coil gag fret scrag strangle 
suffocate clog choke off clog up back up 
congest foul unclog stifle asphyxiate 
kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost 
drop dead pop off croak snuff it throttle 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

222 moby thesaurus words for "choke":
   od, asphyxia, asphyxiate, asphyxiation, bake, bang, bar, barricade,
   batten, batten down, be in heat, be killed, bind, blaze, block,
   block up, blockade, bloom, blow out, boil, bolt, broil, bung,
   burke, burking, burn, button, button up, caulk, charge, chink,
   chock, choke off, choke up, choking, clap, clog, clog up, close,
   close off, close tight, close up, combust, congest, constipate,
   constrict, contain, contract, cook, cork, cover, cram, crowd,
   cut off, dam, dam up, damp, debar, deny, discourage, dissuade, dog,
   douse, drench, drown, drowning, dumbfound, extinguish, famish,
   fasten, fill, fill up, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker,
   flush, fold, fold up, foul, frustrate, fry, gag, garotte, garrote,
   garrotte, gasp, glow, glut, gluttonize, gorge, heap, hush,
   hush-hush, incandesce, jam, jam-pack, key, killing, latch,
   liver death, load, lock, lock out, lock up, megadeath, muffle,
   muzzle, obstipate, obstruct, obviate, occlude, out, overburden,
   overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff,
   overweight, pack, padlock, pant, parch, pile, plug, plug up, plumb,
   prohibit, put down, put out, put to silence, quash, quell, quench,
   quiet, quieten, radiate heat, repress, restrain, roast, satiate,
   saturate, scald, scorch, seal, seal off, seal up, secure, seethe,
   serum death, shimmer with heat, shush, shut, shut down on,
   shut off, shut out, shut the door, shut tight, shut up, silence,
   simmer, slack, slam, smolder, smother, smotheration, smothering,
   snap, snuff, snuff out, soak, soft-pedal, spark, spile, squash,
   squeeze, squeeze shut, squelch, stamp out, stanch, starvation,
   starve, stay, steam, stench, stew, stifle, stifling, still, stop,
   stop the breath, stop up, stopper, stopple, strangle, strangling,
   strangulate, strangulation, strike dumb, stuff, stuff up,
   suffocate, suffocation, supercharge, supersaturate, suppress,
   surcharge, surfeit, sweat, swelter, throttle, throttling, toast,
   trample out, trample underfoot, violent death, watery grave,
   zip up, zipper

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

choke v. 1. common to reject input, often ungracefully. "nuls make
   system v's `lpr1' choke." "i tried building an emacs binary to use
   x, but `cpp1' 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."


see also:
emacs x barf gag vi 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

choke
     
        1. to reject input, often ungracefully.  "nuls make system v's
        "lpr1" choke."  "i tried building an emacs binary to use
        x, but "cpp1" 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
     
     
see also:
emacs x barf gag jargon file 

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