choke

/tʃəʊk/

US pronunciation

American sound/tʃəʊk/

choke

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> choke

Myanmar meaning

(v) အသက်မရှူနိုင်ဖြစ်သည်။ မွန်းသည်။ အသက်ရှူကျပ် စေသည်။ မွန်းစေသည်။ လည်ပင်း ညှစ်သတ်သည်။ ဆို့နင်သည်။ ပိတ်သည်။ ဆို့သည်။ (n) အသက်ရှူကျပ်ခြင်း၊ ကျပ်သံ။ (မော်တော်ယာဉ်) လေ ထိန်း။ ချုပ်။

Full entry

choke /tʃǝƱk/ v

၁။ ~ (on sth) အသက်မရှူနိုင်ဖြစ်သည်။ မွန်းသည်။ She choked (to death) on a fish bone.
၂။ အသက်ရှူကျပ် စေသည်။ မွန်းစေသည်။ choke the life out of sb လည်ပင်း ညှစ်သတ်သည်။ ❍ The fumes almost choked me.
၃။ ~ (with sth) ဆို့နင်သည်။ She was choking with emotion. ❍ Anger choked his words. ❍ He spoke in a choked voice, barely concealing his grief.
၄။ ~ sth (up) (with sth) ပိတ်သည်။ ဆို့သည်။ dead leaves choking (up) the drains ❍ The garden is choked with weeds.
n
၁။ အသက်ရှူကျပ်ခြင်း၊ ကျပ်သံ။
၂။ (မော်တော်ယာဉ်) လေ ထိန်း။ ချုပ်။ Won't your car start? Try giving it a bit more choke (ie reducing the flow of air into the engine by pulling out the choke). ❍ car
❏ choke sth back [PHRV ] (ခံစားမှု) ချုပ်တည်းထားသည်၊ မျိုချသည်။ choke back one's tears/anger/indignation.
❏ choked adj ~ (about sth); (US ) ~ (up about sth) (sl ) ဒေါကန်သော။ He was pretty choked about being dropped from the team.
❏ choke sth down [PHRV ] ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲ မျိုချသည်။
❏ choke sth off [PHRV ] (infml ) အဟန့်အတား ပြုသည်။ ရပ်တန့်စေသည်။ High interest rates have choked off industrial growth.

More examples

Joe took a bite of the steak and started to choke.
[choke on] : Ruth almost choked on a mouthful of cake.
[choke to death] : The four-year-old choked to death after swallowing a coin.
[choking smoke/fumes/smog] : The room was filled with choking fumes.
Charlie wanted to take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death.
[choke with] : Her voice choked with emotion when she spoke of the sister she had lost.
‘I don’t want to be your secretary!’ she choked.
[choke with] : We live in cities that are choked with traffic.
Business leaders claim that the strong pound is choking exports.
If prices are too high, demand is choked off.
The weeds quickly choke less robust plants.
Jordan seemed to choke and missed three easy shots.

Synonyms

strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, garrote, asphyxiate, bar, become teary-eyed, block, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, draught, draughts, drown, fill, fill up, fill with emotion, freeze up, full court press, gag, gasp, gibbet, gulp, halt, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, plug, pressure, retard, smother, squeeze, stop, stop up, stopper, stranglehold, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suppress, weep, well up, wring

Antonyms

advance, aid, allow, assist, begin, continue, encourage, expand, free, free up, help, let go, liberate, loose, loosen, open, permit, release, start, unblock, unconstrict