Clues for the word "CHOKE"

We've had 47 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on September 12, 2024.

Definition of choke

v. t. - To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
v. t. - To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
v. t. - To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
v. t. - To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
v. t. - To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
v. i. - To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
v. i. - To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
n. - A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
n. - The tied end of a cartridge.
n. - A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.