choke

  • 101choke off — index bar (hinder), occlude, shut, strangle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 102choke chain — choke ,chain noun count a chain around a dog s neck that becomes tighter as the dog pulls away …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 103choke you up — choke (you) up to have difficulty speaking because you feel great emotion. During his farewell talk the coach got all choked up and started to cry …

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  • 104choke coil — choke′ coil n. elm a coil of large inductance that gives relatively large impedance to alternating current • Etymology: 1905–10 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 105choke coil — n. an inductor used to limit or suppress alternating current without stopping direct current …

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  • 106choke|ber|ry — «CHOHK BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. the astringent, berrylike fruit of any plant of a genus of eastern North American shrubs of the rose family. 2. any one of these shrubs: »The chokeberry…presents a beautiful sight when loaded with its bright …

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  • 107choke|bore — «CHOHK BR, BOHR», noun. 1. the bore of a shotgun that narrows toward the muzzle to keep the shot from scattering too widely. 2. a shotgun having such a bore …

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  • 108choke|cher|ry — «CHOHK CHEHR ee», noun, plural ries. 1. a bitter wild cherry of North America. 2. the tree that it grows on. It belongs to the rose family …

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  • 109choke|damp — «CHOHK DAMP», noun. a heavy, suffocating, nonexplosive gas, mainly carbon dioxide, that gathers in mines, old wells, and other underground caverns; blackdamp …

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  • 110Choke-out — The use of chokeholds has become quite prevalent, in competitions such as Brazilian Jujitsu, Competition Sambo, Submission Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts, it also has Law enforcement and military applications. A Choke Out is when one person uses… …

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