choking - Meaning in Konkani

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choke - Meaning in Konkani

choke Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of choking in English

choke noun

1. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
2. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

   Synonyms

   choke coil, choking coil

choke verb

1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

   Example

   • "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
2. cause to retch or choke

   Synonyms

   gag, gag

3. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   Synonyms

   gag, gag, strangle, suffocate

   Example

   • "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   Synonyms

   strangle

5. reduce the air supply

   Synonyms

   throttle

   Example

   • "choke a carburetor"
6. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

   Synonyms

   buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, go, kick the bucket, pass away, pass, pass, perish, pop off, snuff it

   Examples

   • "She died from cancer"
   • "The children perished in the fire"
   • "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
   • "The patient went peacefully"
7. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

   Synonyms

   suffocate

   Example

   • "His job suffocated him"
8. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

   Synonyms

   suffocate

   Example

   • "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

   Synonyms

   asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate

   Example

   • "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
10. become or cause to become obstructed

    Synonyms

    back up, choke off, clog up, clog, congest, foul

    Examples

    • "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"
    • "The water pipe is backed up"
11. be too tight; rub or press

    Synonyms

    fret, gag, gag

    Example

    • "This neckband is choking the cat"
12. wring the neck of

    Synonyms

    scrag

    Example

    • "The man choked his opponent"
13. check or slow down the action or effect of

    Example

    • "She choked her anger"
14. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

    Example

    • "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"

Synonyms of choke

• choke coil, choking coil
• gag
• gag, strangle, suffocate
• strangle
• throttle
• buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it
• suffocate
• suffocate
• asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate
• back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul
• fret, gag
• scrag

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