choke
Fail under pressure
Meanings of choke share the idea of obstructing a flow.
If you choke, your breathing becomes obstructed.
If you choke someone (by compressing their throat, for example), it’s their breathing that’s affected.
If weeds or dust choke a place, they are the predominant and undesirable things there.
A choke is an instance of choking, but on a motor, the choke controls the flow of air.
Suppress or restrain
- swallowSend down the throat
- hold backPrevent forward movement
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- repressHold back forcibly
smother · silence · subdue · contain · restrain · muffle · squelch · quell
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- nervesTense apprehension
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- tenseStrained or nervous
collapse · crumble · falter · buckle · wilt · tighten · overthink · hesitate
Reflex throat constriction
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
strangling · breathlessness · wheezing · airway · obstruction · Heimlich · dyspnea · hypoxia
Firm bilateral compression
restrict · strangle · clamp · vice · collar · neckhold · headlock · clutch
Block or wooden shoe
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- jamCooked fruit spread
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
plug · stoppage · backup · gridlock · snarl · logjam · traffic · clot
Enclosed compartment or delay
- sputterEmit irregular popping sounds
- misfireFailure to discharge
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- starvePerish from hunger
idle · hesitate · carburetor · fuel · ignition · rough · cold start · cough
stifle
Suppress or restrain
repress · smother · silence · subdue · contain · restrain · muffle · squelch · quell · inhibit
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
tense · collapse · crumble · falter · buckle · wilt · tighten · overthink · hesitate · blunder
gagging
Reflex throat constriction
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- coughingForceful air expulsion reflex
- suffocationFatal lack of air
asphyxiation · strangling · breathlessness · wheezing · airway · obstruction · Heimlich · dyspnea · hypoxia · swallowing
squeeze
Firm bilateral compression
narrow · restrict · strangle · clamp · vice · collar · neckhold · headlock · clutch · cinch
clog
Block or wooden shoe
- blockageObstruction halting movement
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- jamCooked fruit spread
congestion · plug · stoppage · backup · gridlock · snarl · logjam · traffic · clot · impediment
stall
Enclosed compartment or delay
starve · idle · hesitate · carburetor · fuel · ignition · rough · cold start · cough · backfire
shank
Lower leg segment
topped · whiff · bogey · double bogey · duff · chunk · flub · skull · mishit · pull
valve
Fluid flow controller
- damperDevice reducing vibration or flow
- restrictorDevice that limits flow
- regulatorDevice maintaining steady output
baffle · aperture · orifice · nozzle · intake · airflow · adjustment · lever · cable · butterfly
- blockplug, clog, obstruct, stopper, cork
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- sports slangalley-oop, buzzer beater, clutch, dunk, slam dunk
- control devicesregulator, valve, thermostat, controller, switch
- asphyxiationsuffocation, suffocate, asphyxia, smother, smothering
- carburetorsfloat, venturi, jet, jets, needle
chokebreathe
Exchange air through lungs
breathe freely · respire · inhale · exhale · resuscitate
chokeclutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
come through · rise to the occasion · deliver · perform · nail it
- choked upEmotionally unable to speak
- choking upBecoming too emotional to speak
- choke outConstrict airway forcefully
- choke holdConstricting grip on neck
- chokes upBecomes emotionally overwhelmed
- choke backRestrain from expressing
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