The meaning of CHOKE is to check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air. How to use choke in a sentence.

To bring to an end as if by choking: "Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity" (Paul Craig Roberts).

choke verb (FAIL) [ I ] informal (also choke it) (usually in sports) to fail to do something at a time when it is urgent, usually because you suddenly lose confidence:

3 days ago · (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning. He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.

To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead. The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building, where they choked him with his tie.

Choke definition: To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.

to suppress (a feeling, emotion, etc.) (often fol. by back or down): I managed to choke back my tears. to fill chock-full: The storeroom was choked with furniture.

A towering column of gas and ash from Kīlauea’s summit has once again turned parts of Hawaii’s famously clear skies into a hazardous haze, with a respiratory alert following reports that ...

CHOKE meaning: 1 : to become unable to breathe usually because something gets stuck in your throat or because the air is not good for breathing; 2 : to cause (someone) to stop breathing by squeezing …

CHOKE definition: to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle. See examples of choke used in a sentence.