Choke tarimas:

/tʃouk/

Choke audio:

Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• verb-transitive: To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
• verb-transitive: To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of: a garden that was choked by weeds.
• verb-transitive: To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging: Mud choked the drainpipe.
• verb-transitive: To fill up completely; jam: Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.
• verb-transitive: To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.
• verb-transitive: Sports To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.
• verb-intransitive: To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
• verb-intransitive: To become blocked up or obstructed.
• verb-intransitive: Sports To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket. Often used with up.
• verb-intransitive: To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic contest: choked by missing an easy putt on the final hole.
• noun: The act or sound of choking.
• noun: Something that constricts or chokes.
• noun: A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot.
• noun: A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.
• noun: The fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head.
• phrasal-verb: choke back To hold back; suppress: choked back his tears.
• phrasal-verb: choke off To bring to an end as if by choking: "Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity” ( Paul Craig Roberts).
• phrasal-verb: choke up To be unable to speak because of strong emotion.

Lietuviškos reikšmės:

(už)dusti

smaugti

to chok down sunkiai praryti

to chok in amer. šnek. laikyti liežuvį už dantų

priversti atsisakyti

uždusinti

to chok up užteršti

užkimšti