MEANING
To have breathing obstructed, or to obstruct it by pressure or blockage.
Use it for
A blocked airway; inability to breathe during an attack; speech cut short by bodily dangerMake obstruction concrete while distinguishing it from ordinary coughing.
Words that belong together
- choke on a fragment
- choking breath
- choke off air
On the page
He choked on the fragment lodged in his throat.
His grip tightened around her throat, and she began to choke.
The creature choked as its own secretion filled the airway.
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Word forms
- Base
- choke / chokes
- Past tense
- choked
- Past participle
- choked
- Present participle
- choking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- choke / chokes
- Present continuous
- am/is/are choking
- Present perfect
- have/has choked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been choking
- Past
- choked
- Past continuous
- was/were choking
- Past perfect
- had choked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been choking
- Future
- will choke / chokes
- Future continuous
- will be choking
- Future perfect
- will have choked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been choking
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Can involve a foreign object in the airway or pressure on the throat; choking up emotionally is another sense. Not every cough indicates choking. Verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: choke, chokes, choked, choked, choking.
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