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Obsolete form of choke. [(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).]
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Obsolete spelling of choke [(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).]
adj
Alternative spelling of chockablock [(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.]
n
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
adj
Alternative form of chockablock [(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.]
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(informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.
adj
Alternative spelling of chockablock [(nautical, of a ship's hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement is possible, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.]
adj
Synonym of chock full.
adj
Alternative spelling of chock full. [(informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.]
adj
(informal) Filled to capacity.
adv
In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible.
adj
Alternative form of chock full [(informal) Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.]
adj
(informal) Tightly packed, especially with people.
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Alternative form of chokerman [A person employed to fasten the choker around logs for haulage.]
adj
Alternative spelling of chock-full
adj
On which a person might choke.
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(transitive) To hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance).
n
An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers; a mixture of several gases left after oxygen is removed from the air, typically nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
v
(transitive) to swallow with difficulty
v
To stop a person in the execution of a purpose.
v
(transitive) To prevent (light) from passing through.
n
(archaic) A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered.
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Alternative form of chokepoint [A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.]
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(nautical) To temporarily stop the movement of a rope through a block by jamming the sheave with the hauling rope; a pull on the rope releases it.
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(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To block up; to cause something to be blocked.
n
(obsolete) A fish, the common bream (Abramis brama).
n
(obsolete, US) Any of several plants in the genus Gonolobus.
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(transitive) To provide (a gun) with a chokebore.
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(figuratively) Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.
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One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
adj
Reminiscent of choking.
adj
Alternative form of chokey [Reminiscent of choking.]
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(transitive, now chiefly Britain, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
adj
(by extension) Full; chocka.
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(transitive) To drop something heavily or with a dull sound.
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(intransitive) To choke (experience tightness in one's throat as a result of strong emotion)
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(Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get
v
(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
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(geology) A pocket of carbon-dioxide-rich air that accumulates near the ground and can be lethal to humans and animals.
n
(spoonerism) Synonym of one fell swoop.
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(reflexive) To sit down heavily and without ceremony.
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(intransitive) To land suddenly or heavily; to plump down.
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(transitive, obsolete) To choke.
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To choke or block (typically a river)
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(transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
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(dialectal) To suffocate
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To cause an aching sensation in the throat as if something is stuck there.
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(transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
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(nautical, transitive) To stop; to choke.
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(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
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(medicine) To stop flow through a vessel.
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Obsolete spelling of strangle [(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.]
adj
Tending or able to choke or stifle.
v
(transitive) To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion.
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(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To strangle, to throttle.
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(intransitive, literary) To violently toss the limbs about.
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(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) Alternative spelling of thrapple [(transitive, chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, dated) To strangle, to throttle.]
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(intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
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