(intransitive) 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).

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. / (sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.

simple past tense and past participle of choke

Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.

plural of choke

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choke

The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly. / The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.

present participle of choke

plural of choking