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choke verb

  /t͡ʃoʊk/ , /t͡ʃəʊk/
  • (intransitive) 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).
 πνίγομαι, ασφυκτιώ
  • (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
  • (transitive) 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).
 πνίγω

choke noun

  /t͡ʃoʊk/ , /t͡ʃəʊk/
  • A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
 εμφράκτης, τσοκ
  • A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
 τσοκ

choking noun

  /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ , /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɪŋ/
  • The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.
 πνίξιμο, πνιγμονή
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