Chōke1, n.
The internal or filamentous portion of an artichoke. [Cant.]
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Choke
Chōke2, v. t.
(20), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHOKED (chōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. CHOKING.] [A.-S. âceócjan, to suffocate, ceócjan, to ruminate, ceace, ceac, jaw, cheek, from an hypothetical ceocan, equivalent to ceowan, to chew. 1. To render unable to breathe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.
- To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. Addison.
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, &c.; to stifle.
Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. Dryden. 4. To offend; to cause to take an exception. “I was choked at this word.” Swift.
Chōke3, v. i.
v. i. 1. To have the windpipe stopped.
Sense 2. To be checked, as if by choking. “The words choked in his throat.” W. Scott.
Sense 3. To be offended; to take exceptions.