choke in Dutch

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

(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).

(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).

(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.