Verb
1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion;
"She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"2. be too tight; rub or press;
"This neckband is choking the cat"3. wring the neck of;
"The man choked his opponent"4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"6. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation;
"The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"7. check or slow down the action or effect of;
"She choked her anger"8. become or cause to become obstructed;
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall""The water pipe is backed up"9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"10. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"11. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
"His job suffocated him"12. die;
"The old man finally kicked the bucket"13. reduce the air supply;
"choke a carburetor"14. cause to retch or choke