Definition of: choke

(chōk) v. choked, chok·ing v.t.
1. To stop the breathing of by obstructing or constricting the windpipe; strangle.
2. To keep back; suppress.
3. To fill completely.
4. To obstruct or close up by filling.
5. To retard the progress, growth, or action of.
6. To make a chokebore.
7. To lessen the air intake of the carburetor in order to enrich the fuel mixture of (a gasoline engine).
—v.i.
8. To become suffocated or stifled.
9. To become clogged, fouled, or obstructed.
—noun
1. The act of choking.
2. The narrowest part of a chokebored gun.
3. A device to control the supply of oxygen to a gasoline engine.
4. A choke coil. [OE acēocian]