choke

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• chōk
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• Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəʊk/
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• General-American: /t͡ʃoʊk/
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• rhymes with -əʊk
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• CMU ARPABET: CH OW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

Back-formation from artichoke.

300 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verstik — control on a carburetor
• Albanian: asfiksim — control on a carburetor
• Bulgarian: смукач (smukač) — control on a carburetor
• Catalan: obturador — control on a carburetor
• Czech: sytič — control on a carburetor
• Danish: choker — control on a carburetor
• Dutch: choke — control on a carburetor
• Esperanto: stringovalvo — control on a carburetor
• Finnish: rikastin — control on a carburetor
• Finnish: ryyppy — control on a carburetor
• French: starter — control on a carburetor
• German: Choke — control on a carburetor
• German: Drossel — control on a carburetor
• Greek: τσοκ (tsok) — control on a carburetor
• Greek: εμφράκτης (emfráktis) — control on a carburetor
• Irish: tachtaire — control on a carburetor
• Irish: tachtóir — control on a carburetor
• Italian: starter — control on a carburetor
• Japanese: チョーク弁 (chōkuben) — control on a carburetor
• Khmer: ឆូក (chook) — control on a carburetor
• Khmer: សន្ទះខ្យល់ (sɑnteah kcɑl) — control on a carburetor
• Khmer: ការថប់ (kaa thɑp) — control on a carburetor
• Khmer: ការទប់ (kaa tup) — control on a carburetor
• Korean: 초크 (chokeu) — control on a carburetor
• Macedonian: саух (sauh) — control on a carburetor
• Māori: natihau — control on a carburetor
• Norwegian Bokmål: choke — control on a carburetor
• Norwegian Bokmål: spjeld — control on a carburetor
• Polish: ssanie — control on a carburetor
• Portuguese: afogador — control on a carburetor
• Romanian: șoc — control on a carburetor
• Russian: засло́нка (zaslónka) — control on a carburetor
• Spanish: estrangulador — control on a carburetor
• Spanish: cebador — control on a carburetor
• Spanish: ahogador — control on a carburetor
• Swedish: choke — control on a carburetor
• Thai: โช้ค (chóok) — control on a carburetor
• Turkish: jikle — control on a carburetor
• Welsh: tagu — control on a carburetor
• Afrikaans: wurggreep — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Albanian: valvul ajri — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Danish: kvælertag — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Dutch: macht — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Finnish: kuristusote — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• French: mainmise — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• German: Würgegriff — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Irish: tachtadh — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Korean: 목조 르기 (mokjo reugi) — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvelertak — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Polish: uścisk — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Portuguese: mata-leão — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Slovak: škrtenie — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Spanish: estrangulamiento — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Swedish: järngrepp — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Turkish: bastırma — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Vietnamese: sự nắm cổ người nào — type of hold in wrestling etc.
• Albanian: mbytje — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Czech: snížené — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Danish: trangboring — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Finnish: supistin — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• French: réduit — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Galician: reducido — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• German: Würgebohrung — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Greek: τσοκ (tsok) — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Norwegian Bokmål: trangboring — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Serbo-Croatian: smanjen — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Slovak: zníženej — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Swedish: choketub — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Turkish: indirimli — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Vietnamese: giảm — constriction at a shotgun barrel
• Finnish: tukos — blockage in cave passage
• German: Versturz — blockage in cave passage
• German: Drosselspule — choking coil
• German: Drossel — choking coil
• Arabic: اِخْتَنَقَ (iḵtanaqa) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Armenian: խեղդվել (xeġdvel) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Azerbaijani: boğulmaq — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Basque: ito — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Belarusian: затыха́цца (zatyxácca) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Belarusian: зато́хнуцца (zatóxnucca) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Belarusian: затхну́цца (zatxnúcca) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Belarusian: даві́цца (davícca) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Belarusian: падаві́цца (padavícca) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Bulgarian: задуша́вам се (zadušávam se) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Bulgarian: задуша́ се (zadušá se) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Bulgarian: задъ́хвам се (zadǎ́hvam se) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Bulgarian: задъ́хам се (zadǎ́ham se) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Catalan: ennuegar-se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Catalan: ofegar-se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Chinese Mandarin: 窒息 (zhìxī) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗆 /呛 — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Chinese Mandarin: 噎住 (yēzhù) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Chinese Mandarin: 呛 (qiāng) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukalwa — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Czech: dusit se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Czech: udusit se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Danish: kvæles — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Danish: blive kvalt — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Dutch: verstikken — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Dutch: stikken — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Esperanto: sufokiĝi — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Finnish: kuristua — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Finnish: tukehtua — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Finnish: tikahtua — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• French: suffoquer — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• French: s'étouffer — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: afogar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: aganar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: apedar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: oufegar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: atragoar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Galician: torgar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• German: ersticken — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• German: verschlucken — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Greek: ασφυκτιώ (asfyktió) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Greek: πνίγομαι (pnígomai) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ancient Greek: ἀσφυκτιῶ (asphuktiô) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ancient Greek: πνίγω (pnígō) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Hebrew: נחנק (nikhnáq) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Hungarian: fullad — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Irish: tacht — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Italian: soffocare — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Japanese: 窒息する (chissoku suru) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Japanese: 噎せる (museru) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Khmer: ឈ្លក់ (chlŭək) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Khmer: ខក់ (khɑk) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Korean: 질식하다 (jilsikhada) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Central Kurdish: خنکان (xinkan) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Northern Kurdish: fetisîn — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Lithuanian: springti — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Lombard: sofegar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Lombard: stofegar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Macedonian: се гуши (se guši) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Macedonian: се души (se duši) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Malay: cekik — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Māori: kane — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Māori: rāo(w)a — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Mongolian: цацах (cacax) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Mongolian: хахах (xaxax) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Mongolian: бүгших (bügšix) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Khiamniungan Naga: thōngíe — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvele — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Persian: خفه شدن (xafe šodan) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: dławić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: zdławić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: zadławić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: krztusić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: zakrztusić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: dusić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Polish: udusić się — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Portuguese: sufocar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Portuguese: afogar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Portuguese: engasgar — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Romanian: sufoca — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Russian: задыха́ться (zadyxátʹsja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Russian: задохну́ться (zadoxnútʹsja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Russian: дави́ться (davítʹsja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Russian: подави́ться (podavítʹsja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: угуши́вати се — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: угу́шити се — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: ugušívati se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Serbo-Croatian: ugúšiti se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Slovak: dusiť sa — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Slovak: udusiť sa — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Slovene: dušiti se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Slovene: zadušiti se — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: sofocarse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: ahogarse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: atragantarse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: atorarse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: engolliparse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Spanish: atarugarse — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Tày: cà — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Thai: สําลัก (sǎm-lák) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Thai: หายใจติดขัด — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Turkish: boğmak — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ukrainian: задиха́тися (zadyxátysja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ukrainian: задихну́тися (zadyxnútysja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ukrainian: дави́тися (davýtysja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Ukrainian: подави́тися (podavýtysja) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Unami: aluhwi — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Vietnamese: nghẹn — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Vietnamese: hóc — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Welsh: tagu — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Yiddish: דערשטיקט ווערן (dershtikt vern) — be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
• Arabic: خَنَقَ (ḵanaqa) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Armenian: խեղդել (xeġdel) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Azerbaijani: boğmaq — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Belarusian: душы́ць (dušýcʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Belarusian: задушы́ць (zadušýcʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Belarusian: прыдушы́ць (prydušýcʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Belarusian: удушы́ць (udušýcʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Bulgarian: задуша́вам (zadušávam) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Bulgarian: задуша́ (zadušá) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Bulgarian: уду́швам (udúšvam) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Bulgarian: зада́вям (zadávjam) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Bulgarian: зада́вя (zadávja) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Catalan: escanyar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Catalan: ofegar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Chinese Mandarin: 使窒息 (shǐ zhìxí) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Crimean Tatar: boğmaq — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Czech: škrtit — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Czech: dusit — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Czech: udusit — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Czech: zadusit — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Danish: kvæle — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Dutch: wurgen — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Esperanto: sufoki — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Finnish: kuristaa — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• French: étouffer — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• French: juguler — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Galician: esganar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Galician: afogar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• German: würgen — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• German: ersticken — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afƕapjan) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Greek: πνίγω (pnígo) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Ancient Greek: ἄγχω (ánkhō) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Hebrew: חָנַק (khanáq) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Hungarian: megfojt — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Irish: tacht — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Irish: plúch — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Italian: strozzare — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Italian: strangolare — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Italian: asfissiare — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Japanese: 窒息させる (chissoku saseru) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Khmer: ច្របាច់ក (crɑbac kɑɑ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Korean: 질식시키다 (jilsiksikida) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Central Kurdish: خنکاندن (xinkandin) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Northern Kurdish: fetisandin — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Latin: suffōcō — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Latin: offōcō — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Latin: strangulō — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Latin: angō — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Lithuanian: smaugti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Lombard: sofegar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Lombard: stofegar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: задушува (zadušuva) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: задуши (zaduši) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: задавува (zadavuva) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: задави (zadavi) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: гуши (guši) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Macedonian: души (duši) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Māori: nanati — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Middle English: stranglen — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Middle English: choken — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Middle English: acheken — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Mongolian: багалзуурдах (bagalzuurdax) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Mongolian: боох (boox) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīp-àh — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Persian: خفه کردن (xafe kardan) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Polabian: ai̯dovĕt — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Polish: dusić — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Polish: udusić — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Portuguese: estrangular — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Portuguese: esganar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Portuguese: asfixiar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Portuguese: sufocar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Russian: души́ть (dušítʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Russian: задуши́ть (zadušítʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Russian: придуши́ть (pridušítʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Russian: удуши́ть (udušítʹ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Scottish Gaelic: tachd — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Scottish Gaelic: mùch — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: угуши́вати — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: угу́шити — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: гу́шити — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: ду́шити — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: ugušívati — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: ugúšiti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: gúšiti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Serbo-Croatian: dúšiti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Slovak: dusiť — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Slovak: udusiť — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Slovak: zadusiť — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Slovene: dušiti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Slovene: zadušiti — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: estrangular — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: asfixiar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: ahorcar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: aforcar — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: enforcar (desus.) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Spanish: enhorcar (desus.) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Swedish: kväva — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Thai: บีบคอ (bìip-kɔɔ) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Ukrainian: души́ти (dušýty) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Ukrainian: задуши́ти (zadušýty) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Ukrainian: удуши́ти (udušýty) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Unami: këpixkwèna — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Vietnamese: bóp cổ — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Welsh: tagu — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• Yiddish: דערשטיקן (dershtikn) — prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
• German: ersticken — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• German: unterdrücken — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• Greek: πνίγω (pnígo) — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• Irish: tacht — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• Irish: plúch — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• Māori: kōwaowao — to hinder growth of a plant especially as by weeds
• Spanish: cruzazulear — perform badly at a competition despite appearing to be winning