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The correct spelling is choked.
How to pronounce choked
/tʃəʊkt/
verbIPA: /tʃəʊkt/
Say it like: Cho-ked
The correct spelling is choked. 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 th… For example: "Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish."
Usage Examples
“Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.”
“The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.”
“to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud”
Meanings
verb
- 1.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).
- 2.To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- 3.To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- 4.To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- 5.To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
adjective
- 1.Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
- 2.Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.
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